中国地方

See also: 中國地方

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 中国地方 – see 中國地方 (“the Chūgoku region of Japan”). (This term is the simplified form of 中國地方).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

中国地方 (Chūgoku-chihō): the Chūgoku region.

Kanji in this term
中	国	地	方
ちゅう Grade: 1	こく > ごく Grade: 2	ち Grade: 2	ほう Grade: 2
on’yomi		kan’on

Alternative spelling
中國地方 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 中国 (Chūgoku, collective term for the provinces in the historical 山陰道 (San'indō) and 山陽道 (San'yōdō) regions) +‎ 地方 (-chihō, “area”).

Proper noun

中(ちゅう)国(ごく)地(ち)方(ほう) • (Chūgoku-chihō) ^{←ちゆうごくちはう (tyuugokutifau)?}

1. the Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori, and Shimane)

Synonyms

• 山陰山陽地方(さんいんさんようちほう) (San'in-San'yō-chihō, used to avoid confusion with China)