# 高雄
## Chinese

* 高雄 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 高雄 (Cantonese)
* 高雄 (Classical)
* 高雄市 (Gan)
* Kô-hiùng (Hakka)
* Gŏ̤-hṳ̀ng (Eastern Min)
* Ko-hiông (Southern Min)
* 高雄 (Wu)

### Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 高(たか)雄(お) (Takao) with the creation of Takao Prefecture in 1920, from Hokkien 打狗 (Tá-káu) (Takau), from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Gāoxióng
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gou$^1$ hung$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): Kô-kiùng
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gau$^1$ hiung$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): Gŏ̤-hṳ̀ng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ko-hiông
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Gāoxióng
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Gaosyóng
*** Wade–Giles: Kao$^1$-hsiung$^2$
*** Yale: Gāu-syúng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gaushyong
*** Palladius: Гаосюн (Gaosjun)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gou$^1$ hung$^4$
*** Yale: gōu hùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gou$^1$ hung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gou$^1$ hung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kou̯⁵⁵ hʊŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kô-kiùng
*** Hakka Romanization System: go$^ˊ$ giung$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: go$^1$ giung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴ ki̯uŋ¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gau$^1$ hiung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /kau⁴⁴⁻³⁵ hiʊŋ¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Gŏ̤-hṳ̀ng
*** Sinological IPA : /ko⁵⁵ $^{(h-)}$yŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ko-hiông
*** Tâi-lô: Ko-hiông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koi'hioong
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ko³³ hiɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²³/

### Proper noun

高雄
* (～市) Kaohsiung (special municipality located in southwestern Taiwan)
* (～市) (historical) Kaohsiung City (former provincial city, now part of the special municipality)
* (～縣) (historical) Kaohsiung County (former county, now part of the special municipality)
* (～山) Mount Takao in Kyoto

#### Derived terms

* 高雄港

#### Descendants

* → English: Kaohsiung, Kao Hsiung, Kao-hsiung, Gaosyong, Gaoxiong

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 高 | 雄 |
| たか Grade: 2 | お Grade: S (ateji) |
| kun'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 高尾
From earlier 高(たか)尾(お) (takao), in which 尾 is short for 尾根(おね) (one), thus literally “high mountain ridge”.

#### Proper noun

高(たか)雄(お) • (Takao)
* name of a town in Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan
* a male given name

### Etymology 2

From Hokkien 打狗 (Táⁿ-káu), from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”). The kanji were borrowed from unrelated etymology 1.

#### Proper noun

Kanji in this term :
| 高 | 雄 |
| たか Grade: 2 (ateji) | お Grade: S (ateji) |
| kun'yomi ||
高(たか)雄(お) or 高雄(タカオ) • (Takao)
* Kaohsiung (a city in southwestern Taiwan)

##### Descendants

* → Chinese: 高雄
** → Mandarin: 高雄 (Gāoxióng)
*** → English: Kaohsiung
*** → Korean: 가오슝 (Gaosyung)
*** → Russian: Гаосюн (Gaosjun)
** → Min Nan: 高雄 (Ko-hiông)
** → Vietnamese: Cao Hùng
* → English: Takao

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 高 | 雄 |

### Proper noun

高雄
* chữ Hán form of Cao Hùng (“Kaohsiung”).