近畿

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan⁶ gei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìnji
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴-chi¹
    • Yale: jìn-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnji
    • Palladius: цзиньцзи (czinʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan⁶ gei¹
    • Yale: gahn gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan⁶ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen⁶ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn²² kei̯⁵⁵/

Noun

近畿

1. (literary) area around the capital

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きんき [kíꜜǹkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩŋʲkʲi]

Proper noun

近畿

近(きん)畿(き) • (Kinki) 

1. region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara
2. area around the capital

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• 関西(かんさい) (Kansai): Kansai region

Related terms

• 京阪(けいはん) (Keihan): Kyoto and Osaka
• 京阪神(けいはんしん) (Keihanshin): Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe
• 京阪奈(けいはんな) (Keihanna): Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara