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

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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