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Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 市内 – see 市內 (“within the confines of a town; in town; in the city”).
(This term is the simplified form of 市內). |
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Japanese
| Alternative spelling
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| 市內 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
From Middle Chinese compound 市內 / 市内 (d͡ʑɨX nuʌiH, literally “city, town + inside, interior”). Compare modern Mandarin 市內 / 市内 (shìnèi) reading shìnèi, Cantonese si5 noi6.
Pronunciation
Noun
市内 • (shinai)
- the interior of a city
- 市内に住んでいる。
- Shinai ni sunde iru.
- I live in the interior of the city → I live in the city.
Usage notes
Sometimes glossed in English as adjectives local or intracity. However, it is important to note that the Japanese term is a noun, not an adjective. When used to modify another noun, 市内 either takes the possessive particle の (no) as in 市内の学校 (shinai no gakkō, “intracity schools, the schools in a city”), or it is prefixed directly in a compound, as in 市内電車 (shinai densha, “tram, streetcar”, literally “municipal or intracity train”).
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References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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