秋田

See also: 穐田

Chinese

		autumn; fall; harvest time autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing	field; farm
trad. (秋田)		秋	田
simp. ^#(秋田)		秋	田

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 秋(あき)田(た) (Akita).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Qiūtián

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡㄊㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cau¹ tin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Qiūtián
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡㄊㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Cioutián
  - Wade–Giles: Chʻiu¹-tʻien²
  - Yale: Chyōu-tyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chioutyan
  - Palladius: Цютянь (Cjutjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cau¹ tin⁴
  - Yale: chāu tìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsau¹ tin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ceo¹ tin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ tʰiːn²¹/

Proper noun

秋田

(～縣) Akita (a prefecture of Japan)
(～市) Akita (a city in Akita Prefecture, Japan)
an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 秋田, Akita

Japanese

Kanji in this term
秋	田
あき Grade: 2	た Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あきた [áꜜkìtà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [a̠kʲita̠]

Proper noun

秋(あき)田(た) • (Akita)

Akita (the capital city of Akita Prefecture, Japan)
Akita (a prefecture in northern Honshu, Japan)
a surname

Derived terms

秋田犬(あきたいぬ) (akitainu, “Akita (dog)”)
秋田県(あきたけん) (akitaken, “Akita prefecture”)

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