川口

Chinese

		river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (川口)		川	口

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 川口 (Kawaguchi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Chuānkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun¹ hau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Chuānkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Chuankǒu
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻuan¹-kʻou³
    • Yale: Chwān-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chuankoou
    • Palladius: Чуанькоу (Čuanʹkou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun¹ hau²
    • Yale: chyūn háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn¹ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun¹ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

Proper noun

川口

1. (～市) Kawaguchi (a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
川	口
かわ Grade: 1	くち > ぐち Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 川 (kawa, "river," "stream," "brook") + 口 (kuchi, "mouthlike opening").

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かわ​ぐち [kàwáꜜgùchì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠ɡɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi]

Noun

川(かわ)口(ぐち) • (kawaguchi) 

1. 河口: mouth of river, estuary

Proper noun

川(かわ)口(ぐち) • (Kawaguchi) 

1. Kawaguchi (a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan)
2. a surname