千葉
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Chinese
| thousand | leaf; page | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (千葉) | 千 | 葉 | |
| simp. (千叶) | 千 | 叶 | |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 千葉 (Chiba).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄧㄝˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Cianyè
- Wade–Giles: Chʻien1-yeh4
- Yale: Chyān-yè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chianyeh
- Palladius: Цянье (Cjanʹje)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cin1 jip6
- Yale: chīn yihp
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsin1 jip9
- Guangdong Romanization: qin1 yib6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ jiːp̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
千葉
- (～縣) Chiba (a prefecture of Japan)
- (～市) Chiba (the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 千 | 葉 |
| ち Grade: 1 |
は > ば Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- Chiba (the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan)
- Chiba (a prefecture of Japan)
- 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