千葉

Chinese

		thousand	leaf; page
trad. (千葉)		千	葉
simp. (千叶)		千	叶

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 千(ち)葉(ば) (Chiba).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Qiānyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ jip⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qiānyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cianyè
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻien¹-yeh⁴
    • Yale: Chyān-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chianyeh
    • Palladius: Цянье (Cjanʹje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ jip⁶
    • Yale: chīn yihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ jip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ yib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ jiːp̚²/

Proper noun

千葉

1. (～縣) Chiba (a prefecture of Japan)
2. (～市) Chiba (the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
千	葉
ち Grade: 1	は > ば Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちば [chíꜜbà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiba̠]

Proper noun

千(ち)葉(ば) • (Chiba) 

1. Chiba (the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan)
2. Chiba (a prefecture of Japan)
3. a surname