川崎
Chinese
river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.) |
mountainous | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (川崎) | 川 | 崎 | |
| simp. #(川崎) | 川 | 崎 | |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 川崎 (Kawasaki).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Chuānqí
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢ ㄑㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Chuancí
- Wade–Giles: Chʻuan1-chʻi2
- Yale: Chwān-chí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chuanchyi
- Palladius: Чуаньци (Čuanʹci)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cyun1 kei4
- Yale: chyūn kèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn1 kei4
- Guangdong Romanization: qun1 kéi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
川崎
- (~市) Kawasaki (a major city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)
- an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 川崎, Kawasaki
- Kawasaki (a Japanese motorcycle manufacturer)
Derived terms
- 川崎病 (chuānqíbìng)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 川 | 崎 |
| かわ Grade: 1 |
さき Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
Compound of 川 (kawa, “river”) + 崎 (saki, “headland”). Literally, “river cape”.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
川崎 • (Kawasaki)
- Kawasaki (the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan; a ward of Kawasaki; a station in Kawasaki); also:
- a town in Tagawa district, Fukuoka Prefecture; a place in Kawasaki
- a town in Shibata district, Miyagi Prefecture
- a place in Gojōme and Hachirōgata, Minamiakita district, Akita Prefecture
- a place in Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki Prefecture
- a place in Hiji, Hayami district, Ōita Prefecture
- a place in Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture
- a place in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture
- a place in Ōkawa, Tosa district, Kōchi Prefecture
- a place in Hanyū, Hannō and Fujimino, Saitama Prefecture
- a place in Sanmu, Chiba Prefecture
- a place in Hamura, Tokyo prefecture
- a place in Himi, Toyama Prefecture
- a place in Agano, Nagaoka and Niigata, Niigata Prefecture
- a place in Yahiko, Nishikanbara district, Niigata Prefecture
- a place in Obama, Fukui Prefecture
- a place in Makkari, Abuta district, Hokkaido Prefecture
- a place in Jūnan, Yamaguchi Prefecture
- Kawasaki, Japanese motorcycle manufacturer
- a surname
Descendants
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