"広東" meaning in Japanese

See 広東 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [kã̠ntõ̞ɴ] Forms: 広東 [canonical] (ruby: 広東(カントン)), Kanton [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English Canton (“Guangzhou; Guangdong”). The kanji is from Chinese 廣東/广东 (Guǎngdōng). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|Canton||Guangzhou; Guangdong}} English Canton (“Guangzhou; Guangdong”), {{der|ja|zh|-}} Chinese, {{zh-l|廣東}} 廣東/广东 (Guǎngdōng) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|カントン}} 広東(カントン) • (Kanton)
  1. Guangdong (a populous province of China, located on the southern coast) Categories (place): Places in China
    Sense id: en-広東-ja-name--0IQYoKF Categories (other): Guangdong, China, Provinces and autonomous regions of China
  2. Synonym of 広州 (Kōshū): Guangzhou (a major prefecture-level city and port, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, in southeastern China) Categories (place): Cities in China, Cities in Guangdong, China, Places in China, Places in Guangdong, China Synonyms: 広州 [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-広東-ja-name-klxnlpJq Categories (other): Guangzhou, Ports, Prefecture-level cities of Guangdong, China, Provincial capitals of China, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 15 69 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 23 55 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 18 65 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 30 40 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 17 66 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 65 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 35 8 8 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 37 6 6 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 広東語: Cantonese (Kantongo) (ruby: (カン), (トン), ())
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: 広東 [canonical] (ruby: (こう), (とう)), Kōtō [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|こうとう}} 広(こう)東(とう) • (Kōtō)
  1. Guangdong (a populous province of China, located on the southern coast) Categories (place): Places in China Related terms: 広西: Guangxi (Kōsei) (ruby: (こう), 西(せい))
    Sense id: en-広東-ja-name--0IQYoKF1 Categories (other): Guangdong, China, Provinces and autonomous regions of China
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for 広東 meaning in Japanese (4.1kB)

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