新潟

Chinese

		new; newly; meso- (chem.)	saline land
trad. (新潟)		新	潟
simp. #(新潟)		新	潟

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 新(にい)潟(がた) (Niigata).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīnxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnxì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sinsì
    • Wade–Giles: Hsin¹-hsi⁴
    • Yale: Syīn-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shinshih
    • Palladius: Синьси (Sinʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ sik¹
    • Yale: sān sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/

Proper noun

新潟

1. (～市) Niigata (the capital city of Niigata Prefecture, Japan)
2. (～縣) Niigata (a prefecture of Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
新	潟
にい Grade: 2	かた > がた Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
新瀉 (nonstandard) 新泻 (abbreviation)

Etymology

Compound of 新 (nii-, “new; fresh”) +‎ 潟 (kata, “tidal flat; lagoon”), most likely in reference to the location. The kata changes to gata as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にいがた [nìígátá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iːɡa̠ta̠]

Proper noun

新(にい)潟(がた) • (Niigata) ^{←にひがた (Nifigata)?}

1. Niigata (the capital city of Niigata Prefecture, Japan)
2. Niigata (a prefecture of Japan)