近畿

Chinese

		near; close (to); approximately	territory around the capital
trad. (近畿)		近	畿
simp. #(近畿)		近	畿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan⁶ gei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìnji
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴-chi¹
    • Yale: jìn-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnji
    • Palladius: цзиньцзи (czinʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan⁶ gei¹
    • Yale: gahn gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan⁶ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen⁶ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn²² kei̯⁵⁵/

Noun

近畿

1. (literary) area around the capital

Japanese

Kanji in this term
近	畿
きん Grade: 2	き Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きんき [kíꜜǹkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩŋʲkʲi]

Proper noun

近畿

近(きん)畿(き) • (Kinki) 

1. Kinki (a traditional region in central Japan, around the cities of Osaka, Kyoto and Nara, composed of Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Hyogo, Mie, Shiga and Wakayama prefectures)
2. area around the capital

Usage notes

Because of homophony with the English kinky, some avoid the use of Kinki when they translate a proper noun.

Synonyms

• 関西(かんさい) (Kansai): Kansai region

Related terms

• 京阪(けいはん) (Keihan): Kyoto and Osaka
• 京阪神(けいはんしん) (Keihanshin): Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe
• 京阪奈(けいはんな) (Keihanna): Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara