歌舞伎町
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Chinese
| kabuki | raised path between fields | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (歌舞伎町) | 歌舞伎 | 町 | |
| simp. #(歌舞伎町) | 歌舞伎 | 町 | |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 歌舞伎町 (Kabukichō).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ ㄨˇ ㄐㄧˋ ㄉㄧㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Gewǔjì Ding
- Wade–Giles: Ko1-wu3-chi4 Ting1
- Yale: Gē-wǔ-jì Dīng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gewuujih Ding
- Palladius: Гэуцзи Дин (Gɛuczi Din)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɤ⁵⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹ tiŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: go1 mou5 gei6 ding1
- Yale: gō móuh geih dīng
- Cantonese Pinyin: go1 mou5 gei6 ding1
- Guangdong Romanization: go1 mou5 géi6 ding1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɔː⁵⁵ mou̯¹³ kei̯²² tɪŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
歌舞伎町
Japanese
Etymology
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 歌 | 舞 | 伎 | 町 |
| か Grade: 2 |
ぶ Grade: S |
き Grade: S |
ちょう Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | |||
歌舞伎 + 町. From being a district (町 (“town”)) that developed around a proposed kabuki (歌舞伎) theatre, although the theatre was never built.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
歌舞伎町 • (Kabukichō) ←かぶきちやう (Kabukityau)?
Descendants
- → English: Kabukicho
Further reading
Kabukichō, Tokyo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
