新幹線

See also: 新干线

Chinese

		new; newly; meso- (chem.)	main line; trunk line
trad. (新幹線/新幹綫)		新	幹線/幹綫
simp. (新干线)		新	干线

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 新幹線 (shinkansen).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīngànxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ gon³ sin³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sîn-kon-sien
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-kàn-sòaⁿ
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹shin-koe-shi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngànxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singànsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-kan⁴-hsien⁴
    • Yale: syīn-gàn-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingannshiann
    • Palladius: синьганьсянь (sinʹganʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ kän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ gon³ sin³
    • Yale: sān gon sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ gon³ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ gon³ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ kɔːn³³ siːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîn-kon-sien
    • Hakka Romanization System: xin´ gon xien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xin¹ gon⁴ xian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ kon⁵⁵ si̯en⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-kàn-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sin-kàn-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinkarnsvoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² kan²¹⁻⁵³ suã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ kan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ suã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² kan²¹⁻⁵³ suã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ kan¹¹⁻⁵³ suã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ kan²¹⁻⁴¹ suã²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shin-koe-shi
    • MiniDict: shin^平 koe shi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xin-koe-xi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin⁵⁵ kø³³ ɕi²¹/

Noun

新幹線

1. (Japanese) shinkansen, Japan's high speed railway
2. (Japanese) bullet train; shinkansen

Synonyms

• (vehicle): 子彈火車／子弹火车 (zǐdàn huǒchē), 子彈列車／子弹列车 (zǐdàn lièchē)

Japanese

新幹線 (shinkansen): a bullet train.

Etymology

Kanji in this term
新	幹	線
しん Grade: 2	かん Grade: 5	せん Grade: 2
on’yomi

新 (“new”) +‎ 幹線 (“main line”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんか​んせん [shìńkáꜜǹsèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋkã̠ɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

新(しん)幹(かん)線(せん) • (shinkansen) 

1. (rail transport) shinkansen (Japanese high-speed railway line)
2. (rail transport) shinkansen (high-speed passenger train which runs on such a line; a bullet train)

Derived terms

• ミニ新幹線(しんかんせん) (mini shinkansen)