川崎

Chinese

		river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)	mountainous
trad. (川崎)		川	崎
simp. #(川崎)		川	崎

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 川(かわ)崎(さき) (Kawasaki).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Chuānqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun¹ kei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Chuānqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Chuancí
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻuan¹-chʻi²
    • Yale: Chwān-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chuanchyi
    • Palladius: Чуаньци (Čuanʹci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun¹ kei⁴
    • Yale: chyūn kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn¹ kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun¹ kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹/

Proper noun

川崎

1. (～市) Kawasaki (a major city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)
2. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 川崎, Kawasaki
3. Kawasaki (a Japanese motorcycle manufacturer)

Derived terms

• 川崎病 (chuānqíbìng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
川	崎
かわ Grade: 1	さき Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 川(かわ) (kawa, “river”) + 崎(さき) (saki, “headland”). Literally, “river cape”.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かわさき [kàwásákí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠β̞a̠sa̠kʲi]

Proper noun

川(かわ)崎(さき) • (Kawasaki) 

1. Kawasaki (the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan; ward of Kawasaki; station in Kawasaki); also:
   1. A town in Tagawa district, Fukuoka Prefecture; place in Kawasaki.
   2. A town in Shibata district, Miyagi Prefecture.
   3. A place in Gojōme and Hachirōgata, Minamiakita district, Akita Prefecture.
   4. A place in Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki Prefecture.
   5. A place in Hiji, Hayami district, Ōita Prefecture.
   6. A place in Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture.
   7. A place in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture.
   8. A place in Ōkawa, Tosa district, Kōchi Prefecture.
   9. A place in Hanyū, Hannō and Fujimino, Saitama Prefecture.
   10. A place in Sanmu, Chiba Prefecture.
   11. A place in Hamura, Tokyo prefecture.
   12. A place in Himi, Toyama Prefecture.
   13. A place in Agano, Nagaoka and Niigata, Niigata Prefecture.
   14. A place in Yahiko, Nishikanbara district, Niigata Prefecture.
   15. A place in Obama, Fukui Prefecture.
   16. A place in Makkari, Abuta district, Hokkaido prefecture.
   17. A place in Jūnan, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
2. Kawasaki, Japanese motorcycle manufacturer
3. a surname

Descendants

• → Chinese: 川崎 (Chuānqí)
• → English: Kawasaki
• → Russian: Каваса́ки m (Kavasáki)