原宿

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former
simp. and trad. (原宿)		原	宿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yuánsù

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄙㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ suk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yuánsù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yuánsù
    • Wade–Giles: Yüan²-su⁴
    • Yale: Ywán-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuansuh
    • Palladius: Юаньсу (Juanʹsu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ su⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 元素 原宿

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ suk¹
    • Yale: yùhn sūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ suk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ sug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ sʊk̚⁵/

Proper noun

原宿

1. Harajuku (a neighborhood of Shibuya, Tokyo)
   • 1985, 許冠傑 [Sam Hui] (lyrics and music), “日本娃娃”‎^[1]performed by 許冠傑 [Sam Hui]:

     實行住原宿開間Sushi Bar [Cantonese, trad.]
     实行住原宿开间Sushi Bar [Cantonese, simp.]

     sat⁶ hang⁴ zyu⁶ jyun⁴ suk¹ hoi¹ gaan¹ Sushi Bar [Jyutping]

     I'll live in Harajuku and open up a sushi bar

Japanese

Kanji in this term
原	宿
はら Grade: 2	しゅく > じゅく Grade: 3
yutōyomi

Etymology

Literally "inn in the open fields", from 原(はら) (hara, “uncultivated field”) + 宿(しゅく) (shuku, “inn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha̠ɾa̠ʑɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]

Proper noun

原(はら)宿(じゅく) • (Harajuku) 

1. Harajuku (a neighborhood of Shibuya, Tokyo)