中京
Chinese
middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) | capital; Beijing (abbrev.) | ||
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simp. and trad. (中京) | 中 | 京 |
Pronunciation
Proper noun
中京
- (historical) middle capital (referring to a variety of cities in Chinese history)
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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中 | 京 |
ちゅう Grade: 1 | きょう Grade: 2 |
goon |
中 (“mid-”) + 京 (“capital”). Nagoya is the "Central Capital", between 東京 (Tōkyō, literally “Eastern Capital”) and 西京 (Saikyō, “Kyoto”, literally “Western Capital”).
Proper noun
中京 • (Chūkyō) ←ちゅうきゃう (tyūkyau)?
- Synonym of 名古屋 (Nagoya)
- Chūkyō (a metropolitan area in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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中 | 京 |
なか Grade: 1 | きょう > ぎょう Grade: 2 |
yutōyomi |
中 (“mid-”) + 京 (“capital”)
Proper noun
中京 • (Nakagyō) ←なかぎゃう (nakagyau)?
- Nakagyō (a ward of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture)