岐阜
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Chinese
| divergent; side road; steep | abundant; mound | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (岐阜) | 岐 | 阜 | |
| simp. #(岐阜) | 岐 | 阜 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄈㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Cífù
- Wade–Giles: Chʻi2-fu4
- Yale: Chí-fù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyifuh
- Palladius: Цифу (Cifu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ fu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: kei4 fau6
- Yale: kèih fauh
- Cantonese Pinyin: kei4 fau6
- Guangdong Romanization: kéi4 feo6
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰei̯²¹ fɐu̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
岐阜
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 岐 | 阜 |
| ぎ Grade: 4 |
ふ Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
Blend of 岐山 + 曲阜, of which the former is the place where Zhou Dynasty originated and the latter is the place of birth of Confucius. Coined by Oda Nobunaga.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- Gifu (the capital city of Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
- Gifu (a prefecture of Japan)
- 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