近畿

Chinese

		near; close (to); approximately	territory around the capital
simp. and trad. (近畿)		近	畿

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìnjī

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gan⁶ gei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: jìnjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnji
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gan⁶ gei¹
  - Yale: gahn gēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gan⁶ gei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gen⁶ géi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐn²² kei̯⁵⁵/

Noun

近畿

(literary) area around the capital

Japanese

Kanji in this term
近	畿
きん Grade: 2	き Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) きんき [kíꜜǹkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [kʲĩŋʲkʲi]

Proper noun

近畿 (hiragana きんき, rōmaji Kinki)

region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara

Usage notes

Because of homophony with the English kinky, some avoid the use of Kinki when they translate a proper noun.^[2]

Synonyms

関西 (かんさい) (Kansai): Kansai region

Related terms

京 (けい)阪 (はん) (Keihan): Kyoto and Osaka
京 (けい)阪 (はん)神 (しん) (Keihanshin): Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe
京 (けい)阪 (はん)奈 (な) (Keihanna): Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara

References

↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
↑ Japan's Kinki University changes its name due to awkward English meaning, The Guardian, 2014

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