北海道
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北海道 (Hokkaidō): Hokkaido.
Chinese
| the most remote area in the north; North Sea | direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (北海道) | 北海 | 道 | |
| simp. #(北海道) | 北海 | 道 | |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 北海道 (Hokkaidō).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bak1 hoi2 dou6
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pak-hái-tō
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄠˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Běihǎidào
- Wade–Giles: Pei3-hai3-tao4
- Yale: Běi-hǎi-dàu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeihaedaw
- Palladius: Бэйхайдао (Bɛjxajdao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bak1 hoi2 dou6
- Yale: bāk hói douh
- Cantonese Pinyin: bak7 hoi2 dou6
- Guangdong Romanization: beg1 hoi2 dou6
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐk̚⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵ tou̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-hái-tō
- Tâi-lô: Pak-hái-tō
- Phofsit Daibuun: pakhay'doi
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ³³/
- IPA (Taipei): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Proper noun
北海道
- Hokkaido (an island and prefecture of Japan)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 北 | 海 | 道 |
| ほく > ほっ Grade: 2 |
かい Grade: 2 |
どう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | goon | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 北海道 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
From 北海 (hokkai, “northern sea”) + 道 (-dō, “circuit”).
Coined in 1869; see 
北海道 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja Before that, the region was known as 蝦夷地 (Ezochi, literally “land of the northern barbarians”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
北海道 • (Hokkaidō) ←ほくかいだう (fokukaidau)?
- an island prefecture on the northern part of Japan; its capital city is 札幌 (Sapporo)
- Synonym: 北海 (Hokkai)
Derived terms
- 北海道犬 (Hokkaidō inu)
- 北海道旧土人保護法 (Hokkaidōkyūdojinhogohō)
- 北海道犬 (Hokkaidō-ken)
- 北海道神宮 (Hokkaidō Jingū)
- 北海道庁 (Hokkaidō-chō)
- 道庁 (Dōchō)
Descendants
See also
- (prefectures of Japan) 日本; 北海道, 青森県, 岩手県, 宮城県, 秋田県, 山形県, 福島県, 茨城県, 栃木県, 群馬県, 埼玉県, 千葉県, 東京都, 神奈川県, 新潟県, 富山県, 石川県, 福井県, 山梨県, 長野県, 岐阜県, 静岡県, 愛知県, 三重県, 滋賀県, 京都府, 大阪府, 兵庫県, 奈良県, 和歌山県, 鳥取県, 島根県, 岡山県, 広島県, 山口県, 徳島県, 香川県, 愛媛県, 高知県, 福岡県, 佐賀県, 長崎県, 熊本県, 大分県, 宮崎県, 鹿児島県, 沖縄県 (Category: ja:Prefectures of Japan)
- 蝦夷 (Ezo)
- 根室 (Nemuro)
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