愛知

See also: 爱知

Chinese

		to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like	to know; to be aware
trad. (愛知)		愛	知
simp. (爱知)		爱	知

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 愛知(あいち) (Aichi).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Àizhī

(Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping): oi³ zi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Àizhī
  - Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄓ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Àijhih
  - Wade–Giles: Ai⁴-chih¹
  - Yale: Ài-jr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ayjy
  - Palladius: Айчжи (Ajčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: oi³ zi¹
  - Yale: oi jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: oi³ dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: oi³ ji¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯³³ t͡siː⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    愛滋 / 爱滋
    愛知 / 爱知

Proper noun

愛知

(～縣) Aichi (a prefecture of Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
愛	知
あい Grade: 4	ち Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あいち [áꜜìchì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [a̠it͡ɕi]

Proper noun

愛(あい)知(ち) • (Aichi)

a place name, such as that of Aichi 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