See also: 长崎

Chinese

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long; length; forever
long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
 
mountainous
trad. (長崎)
simp. (长崎)

Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 長崎(ながさき) (Nagasaki).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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長崎

  1. () Nagasaki (a prefecture of Japan)
  2. () Nagasaki (a city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan)

References

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  • Barclay, Thomas (1923) “tiông”, in Supplement to Dictionary of the Amoy Colloquial Language (overall work in Hokkien and English), Shanghai: The Commercial Press, Limited, page 231

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
なが
Grade: 2
さき
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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(なが)(さき) (Nagasaki

  1. Nagasaki (the capital city of Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan)
  2. Nagasaki (a prefecture in western Kyushu, Japan)
  3. a surname
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Descendants

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN