新幹線
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新幹線 (shinkansen): a bullet train.
See also: 新干线
Chinese
| new; newly; meso- (chem.) | main line; trunk line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (新幹線/新幹綫) | 新 | 幹線/幹綫 | |
| simp. (新干线) | 新 | 干线 | |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 新幹線 (shinkansen).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): san1 gon3 sin3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sîn-kon-sien
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-kàn-sòaⁿ
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1shin-koe-shi
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: singànsiàn
- Wade–Giles: hsin1-kan4-hsien4
- Yale: syīn-gàn-syàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingannshiann
- Palladius: синьганьсянь (sinʹganʹsjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕin⁵⁵ kän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: san1 gon3 sin3
- Yale: sān gon sin
- Cantonese Pinyin: san1 gon3 sin3
- Guangdong Romanization: sen1 gon3 xin3
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐn⁵⁵ kɔːn³³ siːn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîn-kon-sien
- Hakka Romanization System: xinˊ gon xien
- Hagfa Pinyim: xin1 gon4 xian4
- Sinological IPA: /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ kon⁵⁵ si̯en⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-kàn-sòaⁿ
- Tâi-lô: sin-kàn-suànn
- Phofsit Daibuun: sinkarnsvoax
- IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² kan²¹⁻⁵³ suã²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ kan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ suã⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² kan²¹⁻⁵³ suã²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ kan¹¹⁻⁵³ suã¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ kan²¹⁻⁴¹ suã²¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
Noun
新幹線
- (Japanese) shinkansen, Japan's high speed railway
- (Japanese) bullet train; shinkansen
Synonyms
Japanese
Etymology
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 新 | 幹 | 線 |
| しん Grade: 2 |
かん Grade: 5 |
せん Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | ||
Pronunciation
Noun
新幹線 • (shinkansen)
- (rail transport) shinkansen (Japanese high-speed railway line)
- (rail transport) shinkansen (high-speed passenger train which runs on such a line; a bullet train)
Derived terms
- ミニ新幹線 (mini shinkansen)
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
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN