泛珠江三角

Traditional form:

泛珠江三角

Pinyin (reading):

fànzhūjiāngsānjiǎo

Definitions:

• the Pan-Pearl river delta (economic zone including the 5 provinces around Guangzhou and Hong Kong)

Characters:

• 泛 - to drift, to float; broad, vast; careless, reckless
• 珠 - gem, jewel, pearl, precious stone
• 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname
• 三 - three
• 角 - angle, corner; horn, horn-shaped

Traditional characters:

• 泛 - to drift, to float; broad, vast; careless, reckless
• 珠 - gem, jewel, pearl, precious stone
• 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname
• 三 - three
• 角 - angle, corner; horn, horn-shaped