埼玉

Chinese

		headland	jade
simp. and trad. (埼玉)		埼	玉

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 埼(さい)玉(たま) (Saitama).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Qíyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ juk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kî-gio̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qíyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cíyù
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻi²-yü⁴
    • Yale: Chí-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyiyuh
    • Palladius: Циюй (Cijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ juk⁶
    • Yale: kèih yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ jʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kî-gio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: Kî-gio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'giok
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ ɡiɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiɔk̚⁴/

Proper noun

埼玉

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
埼	玉
さい Grade: 4	たま Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

⟨saki₁tama⟩ → */sakʲitama/ → /saĩtama//saĩdama/ → /saitama/

Shift from Old Japanese 埼玉 (Saki₁tama).

Also read as Saidama in older texts.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さいたま [sáꜜìtàmà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠ita̠ma̠]

Proper noun

埼(さい)玉(たま) • (Saitama) 

1. a placename, such as that of:
   1. (historical) Short for 埼玉郡 (Saitama-gun): Saitama (a former district in northeastern Musashi Province, facing the Tone River, in the Kanto Region, Japan)
   2. Short for 埼玉県 (Saitama-ken): Saitama, Saitama Prefecture (a prefecture of Japan)
   3. Alternative spelling of さいたま (Saitama): Saitama (the capital city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan)
2. a surname

Derived terms

• さいたま (Saitama, prefectural capital)
• 埼(さい)大(だい) (Saidai)
• ダ埼(さい)玉(たま) (Dasaitama, derogative slang)

Descendants

• Russian: Са́йтама f (Sájtama)

Old Japanese

Alternative forms

• 前玉

Etymology

Compound of 埼 (saki₁, “cape”) +‎ 玉 (tama, “gem, jewel”), for its fame attested in the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE).

Proper noun

埼玉 (Saki₁tama) (kana さきたま)

1. (historical) Saitama (a former district in northeastern Musashi Province, facing the Tone River, in the Kanto Region, Japan)

Descendants

• Japanese: 埼玉 (Saitama)