村上
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Chinese
| village | up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (村上) |
村 | 上 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣ ㄕㄤˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Cunshàng
- Wade–Giles: Tsʻun1-shang4
- Yale: Tswūn-shàng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tsuenshanq
- Palladius: Цуньшан (Cunʹšan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cyun1 soeng6
- Yale: chyūn seuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn1 soeng6
- Guangdong Romanization: qun1 sêng6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ sœːŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
村上
- An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 村上, Murakami
- (～市) Murakami (a city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 村 | 上 |
| むら Grade: 1 |
かみ Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | |
Etymology
Literally “upper town, upper part of a town”.