# 橋樑
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qiáoliáng
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kiu$^4$ loeng$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kiô-niû / kiô-niô͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gio$^5$ nion$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiáoliáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ciáoliáng
*** Wade–Giles: chʻiao$^2$-liang$^2$
*** Yale: chyáu-lyáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyauliang
*** Palladius: цяолян (cjaoljan)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kiu$^4$ loeng$^4$
*** Yale: kìuh lèuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kiu$^4$ loeng$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kiu$^4$ lêng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰiːu̯²¹ lœːŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiô-niû
*** Tâi-lô: kiô-niû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kioiniuu
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /kio²⁴⁻²² niũ²⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kio²⁴⁻¹¹ niũ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɤ²³⁻³³ niũ²³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiô-niô͘
*** Tâi-lô: kiô-niôo
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kio¹³⁻²² niɔ̃¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gio$^5$ nion$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiô niôⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /kio⁵⁵⁻¹¹ nĩõ⁵⁵/

### Noun

橋樑
* (literal) bridge (structure connecting two places) (Classifier: 座 m)
* (figurative) bridge (something or someone which facilitates communication or creates a connection between two things) (Classifier: 座 m)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 樑, 橋 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 橋, 橋樑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 橋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 橋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 橋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 橋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 橋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 橋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 橋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 橋 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 橋 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 橋 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 橋 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 橋 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 橋 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 橋 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 橋 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 橋 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 橋 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 橋 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 橋 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 橋 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 橋 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 橋 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 橋 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 橋 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 橋 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 橋 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 橋 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 橋 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 橋 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 橋 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 橋 |

#### Related terms

* 大橋／大桥 (dàqiáo)