奈良

Chinese

		how can one help	good; very; very much
trad. (奈良)		奈	良
simp. #(奈良)		奈	良

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Nàiliáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄞˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): noi⁶ loeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Nàiliáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Nàiliáng
    • Wade–Giles: Nai⁴-liang²
    • Yale: Nài-lyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nayliang
    • Palladius: Найлян (Najljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naɪ̯⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: noi⁶ loeng⁴
    • Yale: noih lèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noi⁶ loeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: noi⁶ lêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔːi̯²² lœːŋ²¹/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 奈良

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

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
奈	良
な Grade: 4	ら Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

According to the ancient Japanese book Nihon Shoki, the name "Nara" derived from the Japanese verb 平す (narasu, “to flatten”). In The Study of Place Names, Kunio Yanagida stated, "Nara stands for flatland."

Proper noun

奈(な)良(ら) or 奈良(proper) • (nara or proper) [[Category:Japanese
|なら]]

1. Nara, a city in central Japan

   奈良市(ならし)

   Nara shi

   Nara (city)

2. Nara, a prefecture in central Japan

   奈良県(ならけん)

   Nara ken

   Nara (ken, prefecture)

3. a surname

Derived terms

• 奈良県(ならけん) (Nara ken)