郊外

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Chinese

suburb
outside; in addition; foreign
outside; in addition; foreign; external
 
trad. (郊外)
simp. #(郊外)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (31)
Final () (90) (26)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () II I
Fanqie
Baxter kaew ngwajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠau/ /ŋuɑiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚau/ /ŋʷɑiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kau/ /ŋuɑiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨw/ /ŋwajH/
Li
Rong
/kau/ /ŋuɑiH/
Wang
Li
/kau/ /ŋuɑiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kau/ /ŋuɑiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiāo wèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaau1 ngoi6

Noun

郊外

  1. the outskirts of a city; the suburbs

Usage notes

Synonyms

  • (literary) 郊坰 (jiāojiōng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (郊外):
  • Japanese: (こう)(がい) (kōgai)
  • Korean: 교외(郊外) (gyooe)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: S
がい
Grade: 2
kan'on
 郊外 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

(こう)(がい) (kōgaiかうぐわい (kaugwai)?

  1. suburb; outskirts

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

郊外 (gyooe) (hangeul 교외)

  1. hanja form? of 교외 (suburb; outskirts)