歐陽

See also: 欧陽 and 欧阳

Chinese

		surname; Europe	positive (electric.); sun; male
trad. (歐陽)		歐	陽
simp. (欧阳)		欧	阳

Etymology

According to 11th-century CE writer Ouyang Xiu, the surname originated with 4th-century BCE Prince 蹄 (Tí) of Yue, who settled on the southern face (陽／阳 (yáng)) of 歐餘山／欧余山 (Ōuyúshān, “mountain in Huzhou”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Ōuyáng

(Zhuyin): ㄡㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): au¹ joeng⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Êu-yòng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Au-iông / O-iông / Au-iâng

(Teochew, Peng'im): ao¹ iang⁵

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ao¹ yiang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Ōuyáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄡㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Ouyáng
  - Wade–Giles: Ou¹-yang²
  - Yale: Ōu-yáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ouyang
  - Palladius: Оуян (Oujan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: au¹ joeng⁴
  - Yale: āu yèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: au¹ joeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: eo¹ yêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐu̯⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Êu-yòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: eu´ iongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: eu¹ yong²
  - Sinological IPA: /eu̯²⁴ i̯oŋ¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Êu-yòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: eu´ (r)iongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: eu¹ yong²
  - Sinological IPA: /eu̯²⁴ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Au-iông
  - Tâi-lô: Au-iông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: au'ioong
  - IPA (Taipei): /au⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /au⁴⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /au³³ iɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /au⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: O-iông
  - Tâi-lô: O-iông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oi'ioong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /o³³ iɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Au-iâng
  - Tâi-lô: Au-iâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: au'iaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /au⁴⁴⁻²² iaŋ¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ao¹ iang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: au iâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /au³³⁻²³ iaŋ⁵⁵/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: ao¹ yiang⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /au³⁵⁻³³ ziaŋ²²/

Proper noun

歐陽

a surname
歐陽修／欧阳修 ― Ōuyáng Xiū ― Ouyang Xiu (Song dynasty politician and essayist)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (歐陽):

→ Japanese: 欧陽(おうよう) (ōyō)
→ Korean: 구양(歐陽) (guyang)
→ Vietnamese: Âu Dương (歐陽)

Others:

→ English: Ouyang, O'Young

Japanese

Kanji in this term
歐	陽
おう Hyōgaiji	よう Grade: 3
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 歐陽 – see the following entry.

【欧陽おうよう】

[proper noun] a surname from Chinese

(This term, 歐陽, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

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