武漢

See also: 武汉

Chinese

	Wuchang	Hankou
trad. (武漢)	武	漢
simp. (武汉)	武	汉
anagram	漢武／汉武

Etymology

'武漢' (Wuhan) is a portmanteau: the '武 (wǔ)' in '武漢' is derived from the '武' in '武昌' (Wuchang) (literally prospering military, regarding its logistics role of the military bases established before the Battle of Red Cliffs). Wuchang was the name given to the area in AD 221 when warlord Sun Quan moved the capital of Eastern Wu to È county (in present-day Ezhou City), and renamed È to Wuchang. The '漢／汉 (hàn)' in '武漢' comes from the '漢' in 漢口 (Hankou), which literally means "Mouth of the Han", from its position at the confluence of the Han River (of Shaanxi and Hubei) with the Yangtze River. In 1926, the Northern Expedition reached the Wuhan area and it was decided to merge Hankou, Wuchang and Hanyang into one city in order to make a new capital for Nationalist China. On January 1, 1927, the resulting city was proclaimed as '武漢' (Wuhan).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): Wǔhàn

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄏㄢˋ

(Chengdu, SP): Wu³ han⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ hon³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Vú-hon
Min Dong (BUC): Ū-háng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): Bú-hàn

(Teochew, Peng'im): bhu² hang³
Wu (Wiktionary): vu hoe (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Wǔhàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄏㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuuhann
  - IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xän⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: Wu³ han⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: Uxan
  - IPA ^(key): /vu⁵³ xan²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁵ hon³
  - Yale: móuh hon
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ hon³
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ hon³
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ hɔːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Vú-hon
  - Hakka Romanization System: vu` hon
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vu³ hon⁴
  - IPA: /vu³¹ hon⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Ū-háng
  - IPA ^(key): /u³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(h-)ɑŋ²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bú-hàn
  - Tâi-lô: Bú-hàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bw'haxn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ han²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ han⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ han²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ han¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ han²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhu² hang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bú hàng
  - IPA ^(key): /bu⁵²⁻³⁵ haŋ²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: vu hoe (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /v̻v̩ʷ²² hø⁴⁴/

Proper noun

武漢

(～市) Wuhan (a sub-provincial city, the provincial capital of Hubei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
武	漢
ぶ Grade: 5	かん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Proper noun

武漢 (hiragana ぶかん, rōmaji Bukan)

Wuhan

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