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玉井

玉井

Chinese

		jade	warn; well
simp. and trad. (玉井)		玉	井

Proper noun

玉井

Yujing District, Tainan

Japanese

Kanji in this term
玉	井
たま Grade: 1	い Grade: S
kun'yomi

Proper noun

玉井 ‎(hiragana たまい, romaji Tamai, historical hiragana たまゐ)

A surname.

Etymology

From Japanese 玉井 (たまい) ‎(Tamai), chosen to replace the similarly-sounding 噍吧哖 (Ta-pa-nî).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Yùjǐng

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ zeng², juk⁶ zing²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Ngiu̍k-chiáng
Min Nan (POJ): Gio̍k-chéⁿ / Gio̍k-chíⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: Yùjǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yiwjiing
  - IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
    
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    獄警／狱警
    玉井
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: juk⁶ zeng², juk⁶ zing²
  - Yale: yuhk jéng, yuhk jíng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ dzeng², juk⁹ dzing²
  - IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² t͡sɛːŋ³⁵/, /jʊk̚² t͡sɪŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ngiu̍k-chiáng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngiug jiang`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngiug⁶ jiang³
  - IPA: /ɲi̯uk̚⁵ t͡ɕi̯aŋ³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gio̍k-chéⁿ / Gio̍k-chíⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Gio̍k-tsénn / Gio̍k-tsínn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giogzvea, giogcvie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /giɔk̚⁴⁻²¹ t͡sẽ⁵³/, /giɔk̚⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕĩ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /giɔk̚²⁴⁻²² t͡sẽ⁵⁵⁴/, /giɔk̚²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕĩ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /giɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sɛ̃⁵³/, /giɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡ɕĩ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /giɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sẽ⁵³/, /giɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕĩ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /giɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sẽ⁴¹/, /giɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕĩ⁴¹/