京阪神

Chinese

		capital; Beijing (abbrev.)	a slope; hillside	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (京阪神)		京	阪	神
simp. #(京阪神)		京	阪	神

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jīngbǎnshén

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄅㄢˇ ㄕㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹ baan² san⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jīngbǎnshén
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄅㄢˇ ㄕㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jingbǎnshén
    • Wade–Giles: Ching¹-pan³-shên²
    • Yale: Jīng-bǎn-shén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jingbaanshern
    • Palladius: Цзинбаньшэнь (Czinbanʹšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging¹ baan² san⁴
    • Yale: gīng báan sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ baan² san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ ban² sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ paːn³⁵ sɐn²¹/

Proper noun

京阪神

1. Keihanshin

Japanese

Kanji in this term
京	阪	神
けい Grade: 2	はん Grade: 4	しん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
京阪神 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From the first character of 京都 (“Kyoto”), the second character of 大阪 (“Osaka”), and the first character of 神戸 (“Kobe”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けーはんしん [kèéháꜜǹshìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ːhã̠ɰ̃ɕĩɴ]

• (Kyoto) けーは​んしん [kééháꜜǹshìǹ] (Kōki)

• (Osaka) けーは​んしん [kééháꜜǹshìǹ] (Kōki)

Proper noun

京(けい)阪(はん)神(しん) • (Keihanshin) 

1. The cities of Kyōto, Ōsaka and Kōbe (in the Kansai region).
2. The area around Kyōto, Ōsaka and Kōbe.

Related terms

• 京阪(けいはん) (keihan): Kyoto and Osaka
• 阪神(はんしん) (Hanshin): Osaka and Kobe

See also

• 関西(かんさい) (Kansai): Kansai region