繁華街

Chinese

		lively; bustling; busy lively; bustling; busy; beautiful	street
trad. (繁華街)		繁華	街
simp. (繁华街)		繁华	街

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fánhuájiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴ waa⁴ gaai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fánhuájiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fánhuájie
    • Wade–Giles: fan²-hua²-chieh¹
    • Yale: fán-hwá-jyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnhwajie
    • Palladius: фаньхуацзе (fanʹxuacze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ xu̯ä³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan⁴ waa⁴ gaai¹
    • Yale: fàahn wàh gāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴ waa⁴ gaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴ wa⁴ gai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹ waː²¹ kaːi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

繁華街

1. busy street (typically in a Japanese or Korean context)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
繁	華	街
はん Grade: S	か Grade: S	がい Grade: 4
kan'on		kan'yōon

Alternative spelling
繁華街 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 繁(はん)華(か) (hanka, “bustle”) + 街(がい) (gai, “area; street”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はんかがい [hàńkáꜜgàì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [hã̠ŋka̠ɡa̠i]

Noun

繁(はん)華(か)街(がい) • (hankagai) ^{←はんくわがい (fankwagai)?}

1. busy street, shopping area, business district

Korean

Hanja in this term
繁	華	街

Noun

繁華街 • (beonhwaga) (hangeul 번화가)

1. hanja form^? of 번화가 (“busy street”)