京阪神

Chinese

		capital; Beijing (abbrev.)	a slope; hillside	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (京阪神)		京	阪	神
simp. ^#(京阪神)		京	阪	神

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Jīngbǎnshén

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥㄅㄢˇ ㄕㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹ baan² san⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Jīngbǎnshén
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄅㄢˇ ㄕㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jingbǎnshén
  - Wade–Giles: Ching¹-pan³-shên²
  - Yale: Jīng-bǎn-shén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jingbaanshern
  - Palladius: Цзинбаньшэнь (Czinbanʹšɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ging¹ baan² san⁴
  - Yale: gīng báan sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ baan² san⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ ban² sen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ paːn³⁵ sɐn²¹/

Proper noun

京阪神

Keihanshin

Japanese

Kanji in this term
京	阪	神
けい Grade: 2	はん Grade: 4	しん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

From the first character of 京都 (“Kyoto”), the second character of 大阪 (“Osaka”), and the first character of 神戸 (“Kobe”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けーはんしん [kèéháꜜǹshìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ke̞ːhã̠ɰ̃ɕĩɴ]

(Kyoto) けーはんしん [kééháꜜǹshìǹ] (Kōki)^[1]

(Osaka) けーはんしん [kééháꜜǹshìǹ] (Kōki)

Proper noun

京(けい)阪(はん)神(しん) • (Keihanshin)

The cities of Kyōto, Ōsaka and Kōbe (in the Kansai region).
The area around Kyōto, Ōsaka and Kōbe.

Related terms

京阪(けいはん) (keihan): Kyoto and Osaka
阪神(はんしん) (Hanshin): Osaka and Kobe

See also

関西(かんさい) (Kansai): Kansai region

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “けい‐はん‐しん【京阪神】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here