川中島

Chinese

			island
trad. (川中島)		川中	島
simp. (川中岛)		川中	岛

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 川中島 (Kawanakajima).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Chuānzhōngdǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Chuānzhōngdǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Chuanjhongdǎo
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻuan¹-chung¹-tao³
    • Yale: Chwān-jūng-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chuanjongdao
    • Palladius: Чуаньчжундао (Čuanʹčžundao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

川中島

1. Kawanakajima (clarification of this definition is needed)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
川	中	島
かわ Grade: 1	なか Grade: 1	しま > じま Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 川中 (Kawanaka, placename in Nagano Prefecture, literally “middle stream”) +‎ 島 (shima, “island”).

The shima changes to jima as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Proper noun

川(かわ)中(なか)島(じま) • (Kawanakajima) ^{←かはなかじま (Kafanakazima)?}

1. a placename in southern Nagano city, notable as the site of a recurring battlefield during the mid-16th century