鹿兒島

See also: 鹿児島 and 鹿儿岛

Chinese

		deer	son; child; diminutive suffix	island
trad. (鹿兒島)		鹿	兒	島
simp. (鹿儿岛)		鹿	儿	岛

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鹿 (か)児 (ご)島 (しま) (Kagoshima).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Lù'érdǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄦˊ ㄉㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶ ji⁴ dou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Lù'érdǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄦˊ ㄉㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Luherldao
  - IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: luk⁶ ji⁴ dou²
  - Yale: luhk yìh dóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹ ji⁴ dou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶ yi⁴ dou²
  - IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚² jiː²¹ tou̯³⁵/

Proper noun

鹿兒島

(～縣) Kagoshima (a prefecture of Japan)
(～市) Kagoshima (a city in Kagoshima, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鹿	兒	島
か Grade: S	こ > ご Jinmeiyō	しま Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Proper noun

鹿兒島 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 鹿児島, hiragana かごしま, rōmaji Kagoshima)

Kagoshima (city and prefecture)

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