首里
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Chinese
head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems |
li, a Chinese unit of length | ||
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| simp. and trad. (首里) |
首 | 里 | |
| anagram | 里首 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Shǒulǐ
- Wade–Giles: Shou3-li3
- Yale: Shǒu-lǐ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shooulii
- Palladius: Шоули (Šouli)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sau2 lei5
- Yale: sáu léih
- Cantonese Pinyin: sau2 lei5
- Guangdong Romanization: seo2 léi5
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐu̯³⁵ lei̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
Proper noun
首里
- Shuri (a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)
- (historical) (～城) Shuri (the capital of the Ryūkyū Kingdom)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 首 | 里 |
| しゅ Grade: 2 |
り Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- Shuri (a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)
- (historical) Shuri (the capital of the Ryūkyū Kingdom)