中國地方

Chinese

		middle country; central country; China	place; region; area
trad. (中國地方)		中國	地方
simp. (中国地方)		中国	地方

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhōngguó Dìfāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ gwok³ dei⁶ fong¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): dong¹ gog⁴ di⁷ hng¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tson-koq ⁶di-faon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngguó Dìfāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongguó Dìfang
    • Wade–Giles: Chung¹-kuo² Ti⁴-fang¹
    • Yale: Jūng-gwó Dì-fāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jonggwo Dihfang
    • Palladius: Чжунго Дифан (Čžungo Difan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ ti⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ gwok³ dei⁶ fong¹
    • Yale: jūng gwok deih fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ gwok⁸ dei⁶ fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ guog³ déi⁶ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³ tei̯²² fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dong¹ gog⁴ di⁷ hng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tong kok tī hng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ³³⁻²³ kok̚²⁻⁴ ti¹¹ hŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tson-koq ⁶di-faon
    • MiniDict: tson^平 koh di^去 faon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tson-koq ³di-faan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soŋ⁵⁵ koʔ³³  di²² fɑ̃⁴⁴/

Proper noun

中國地方

1. the Chūgoku region of Japan
   • 2004, 于沛, 中国社会科学院世界历史研究所学术论文集（1964-2004）：古代中世纪卷[1]

     這裡的中國是指日本的中國地方，即指本州西部的岡山、廣島、山口、島根、鳥取5縣。 [MSC, trad.]
     这里的中国是指日本的中国地方，即指本州西部的冈山、广岛、山口、岛根、鸟取5县。 [MSC, simp.]

     Zhèlǐ de Zhōngguó shì zhǐ Rìběn de Zhōngguó Dìfāng, jí zhǐ Běnzhōu xībù de Gāngshān, Guǎngdǎo, Shānkǒu, Dǎogēn, Niǎoqǔ 5 xiàn. [Pinyin]

     Here, 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó) refers to the Chūgoku region of Japan, or the five prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamagushi, Shimane, and Tottori that lay in the western region of Honshū.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	國	地	方
ちゅう Grade: 1	こく > ごく Jinmeiyō	ち Grade: 2	ほう Grade: 2
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 中國地方 – see the following entry.

【中国地方ちゅうごくちほう】 [proper noun] the Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori, and Shimane)

(This term, 中國地方, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)