北海道
Chinese
edit| most remote area in the north; Bohai 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
editOrthographic borrowing from Japanese 北海道 (Hokkaidō).
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bak1 hoi2 dou6
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pak-hái-tō
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Běihǎidào [Phonetic: béihǎidào]
- 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
edit北海道
- Hokkaido (an island and prefecture of Japan)
Japanese
edit
| 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
editFrom 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
editProper noun
edit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
editDescendants
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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
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