八幡

Chinese

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trad. (八幡)		八	幡
simp. ^#(八幡)		八	幡

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 八幡 (Hachiman).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Bāfān

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄈㄢ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Bāfān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄈㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Bafan
  - Wade–Giles: Pa¹-fan¹
  - Yale: Bā-fān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bafan
  - Palladius: Бафань (Bafanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ fän⁵⁵/

Proper noun

八幡

(～市) Hachiman (a city in Kyōto prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	幡
はち Grade: 1	まん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はちまん [hàchíꜜmàǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠t͡ɕimã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

八(はち)幡(まん) • (Hachiman)

(Shinto mythology) short for 八幡神 (Hachimanjin): the Japanese god of archery and tutelary deity to samurai
(Shinto) short for 八幡宮 (Hachimangū): a shrine to Hachimanjin
a placename

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN