沖繩

See also: 冲绳 and 沖縄

Chinese

		strong; powerful; forceful strong; powerful; forceful; dynamic; to punch; to rinse; to collide; to water; to rush; to dash (against); to wash out; to charge; highway; public road	rope
trad. (沖繩)		沖	繩
simp. (冲绳)		冲	绳

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 沖縄 (Okinawa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Chōngshéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥ ㄕㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung¹ sing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Chōngshéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥ ㄕㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Chongshéng
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻung¹-shêng²
    • Yale: Chūng-shéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chongsherng
    • Palladius: Чуншэн (Čunšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung¹ sing⁴
    • Yale: chūng sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung¹ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung¹ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

Proper noun

沖繩

1. (～縣) Okinawa (a prefecture of Japan)
2. (～市) Okinawa (a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)

Derived terms

• 沖繩島／冲绳岛 (Chōngshéngdǎo)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
沖	繩
おき Grade: 4	なわ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 沖繩 – see the following entry.

【沖縄おきなわ】 [noun] (rare, possibly obsolete) a rope used to catch fish [proper noun] the main island in the Okinawa Islands: Okinawa Island [proper noun] a group of islands known as the Okinawa Islands [proper noun] the southern-most Japanese prefecture: Okinawa Prefecture

(This term, 沖繩, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
沖	繩
うち Grade: 4	なー Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Proper noun

沖(うち)繩(なー) (Uchinā) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 沖縄 (“Okinawa”)