京阪

Chinese

		Kyoto	Osaka
trad. (京阪)		京	阪
simp. #(京阪)		京	阪

Etymology

From Japanese 京阪 (Keihan).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jīng-Bǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄅㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹ baan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jīng-Bǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄅㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jingbǎn
    • Wade–Giles: Ching¹-pan³
    • Yale: Jīng-bǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jingbaan
    • Palladius: Цзинбань (Czinbanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging¹ baan²
    • Yale: gīng báan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ baan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ ban²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ paːn³⁵/

Proper noun

京阪

1. Kyoto and Osaka

Japanese

Kanji in this term
京	阪
けい Grade: 2	はん Grade: 4
kan’on

Alternative spelling
京坂

Etymology

From 京 (kei, the first character of 京都 (Kyōto), “Kyoto”) +‎ 阪 (han, the second character of 大阪 (Ōsaka), “Osaka”), with both characters in the 漢音 (kan'on, literally “Han sound”) reading.

Proper noun

京(けい)阪(はん) • (Keihan) 

1. Kyoto and Osaka

Synonyms

• 上(かみ)方(がた) (Kamigata, in the sense of Edo-period culture of the Kyoto-Osaka area)

Related terms

• 京(けい)阪(はん)神(しん) (Keihanshin, “Kyoto, Osaka, and Kōbe”)
• 京(けい)阪(はん)奈(な) (Keihanna, “Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara”)