中華街

中華街

See also: 中华街

Chinese

		China	street
trad. (中華街)		中華	街
simp. (中华街)		中华	街

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 中華街(ちゅうかがい) (Chūkagai).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhōnghuájiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄝ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōnghuájiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhonghuájie
    • Wade–Giles: Chung¹-hua²-chieh¹
    • Yale: Jūng-hwá-jyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jonghwajie
    • Palladius: Чжунхуацзе (Čžunxuacze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ xwä³⁵ t͡ɕjɛ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

中華街

1. Yokohama Chinatown (a neighborhood of Yokohama, Japan)

   Synonym: 橫濱中華街 (Héngbīn Zhōnghuájiē)

2. Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown (a neighborhood of Nagasaki, Japan)

   Synonym: 長崎新地中華街 (Chángqí Xīndì Zhōnghuájiē)

Synonyms

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唐人埠 (Tángrénbù) (in San Francisco) 唐人街 (tángrénjiē) 堤岸 (dī'àn) (in Ho Chi Minh City) 大唐街 (dàtángjiē) (obsolete)

中國城／中国城 (zhōngguóchéng) 牛車水／牛车水 (Niúchēshuǐ) (in Singapore) 華埠／华埠 (huábù) (literary)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	華	街
ちゅう Grade: 1	か Grade: S	がい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

中(ちゅう)華(か)街(がい) • (chūkagai) ^{←ちゆうくわがい (tyūkwagai)?}

1. Chinatown (a Chinese district outside China)

   横浜(よこはま)中華街(ちゅうかがい)

   Yokohama Chūkagai

   Chinatown, Yokohama