松花江

Chinese

pine pollen; century egg river
trad. (松花江) 松花 江
simp. #(松花江) 松花 江

Etymology

松花 is a phono-semantic matching of Manchu ᠰᡠᠩᡤᠠᡵᡳ (sunggari), as in ᠰᡠᠩᡤᠠᡵᡳ
ᡠᠯᠠ (sunggari ula, “Songhua River”). The original meaning of sunggari may be “Milky Way”; cf. ᠰᡠᠩᡤᠠᡵᡳ
ᠪᡳᡵᠠ (sunggari bira, “Milky Way”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

松花江

  1. Songhua River (a river in northeastern China)

Derived terms

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