岩手

Chinese

		cliff; rock	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (岩手)		岩	手

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yánshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaam⁴ sau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yánshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yánshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: Yen²-shou³
  - Yale: Yán-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yanshoou
  - Palladius: Яньшоу (Janʹšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaam⁴ sau²
  - Yale: ngàahm sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaam⁴ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngam⁴ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːm²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/

Proper noun

岩手

(～縣) Iwate (a prefecture of Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
岩	手
いわ Grade: 2	て Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いわて [íꜜwàtè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [iβ̞a̠te̞]

Proper noun

岩(いわ)手(て) • (Iwate) ^{←いはて (Ifate)^?}

a place name, such as that of Iwate Prefecture
a surname

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