"新潟" meaning in All languages combined

See 新潟 on Wiktionary

Proper name [Chinese]

IPA: /ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /sɐn⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹/, /sɐn⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/ Chinese transliterations: Xīnxì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], san¹ sik¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], Xīnxì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], Sinsì [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], Hsin¹-hsi⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], Syīn-syì [Mandarin, Yale, standard], Shinshih [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], Синьси [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], Sinʹsi [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sān sīk [Cantonese, Yale], san¹ sik⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sen¹ xig¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|proper noun}} 新潟
  1. (~市) Niigata (the capital city of Niigata Prefecture, Japan) Categories (place): Cities in Japan, Cities in Niigata Prefecture, Niigata, Places in Japan, Places in Niigata Prefecture
    Sense id: en-新潟-zh-name-p6FXIXz9 Categories (other): Prefectural capitals of Japan, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 63 37
  2. (~縣) Niigata (a prefecture of Japan) Categories (place): Niigata Prefecture, Places in Japan, Prefectures of Japan
    Sense id: en-新潟-zh-name-WcPIkkjE

Proper name [Japanese]

IPA: [ɲ̟iːɡa̠ta̠] Forms: 新潟 [canonical] (ruby: (にい), (がた)), Niigata [romanization], nifigata [romanization], にひがた [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Compound of 新 (nii-, “new; fresh”) + 潟 (kata, “tidal flat; lagoon”), most likely in reference to the location. The kata changes to gata as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{com|ja|新|潟|t1=new; fresh|t2=tidal flat; lagoon|tr1=nii-|tr2=kata}} 新 (nii-, “new; fresh”) + 潟 (kata, “tidal flat; lagoon”), {{sortkey|ja|新潟}} にいかた', {{rendaku2|kata|gata}} The kata changes to gata as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|に.いがた|hhira=にひがた}} 新(にい)潟(がた) • (Niigata) ^(←にひがた (nifigata)?)
  1. Niigata (the capital city of Niigata Prefecture, Japan) Categories (place): Cities in Japan, Cities in Niigata Prefecture, Niigata, Places in Japan, Places in Niigata Prefecture
    Sense id: en-新潟-ja-name-p6FXIXz9 Categories (other): Prefectural capitals of Japan, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 93 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 93 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 93 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 93 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 78 22
  2. Niigata (a prefecture of Japan) Categories (place): Niigata Prefecture, Places in Japan, Prefectures of Japan
    Sense id: en-新潟-ja-name-WcPIkkjE

Download JSON data for 新潟 meaning in All languages combined (9.5kB)

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        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Hsin¹-hsi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Syīn-syì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Shinshih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Синьси"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Sinʹsi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sān sīk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "san¹ sik⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sen¹ xig¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐn⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐn⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "新潟"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese compound terms",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese proper nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with rendaku",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "新",
        "3": "潟",
        "t1": "new; fresh",
        "t2": "tidal flat; lagoon",
        "tr1": "nii-",
        "tr2": "kata"
      },
      "expansion": "新 (nii-, “new; fresh”) + 潟 (kata, “tidal flat; lagoon”)",
      "name": "com"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "新潟"
      },
      "expansion": "にいかた'",
      "name": "sortkey"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kata",
        "2": "gata"
      },
      "expansion": "The kata changes to gata as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
      "name": "rendaku2"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of 新 (nii-, “new; fresh”) + 潟 (kata, “tidal flat; lagoon”), most likely in reference to the location. The kata changes to gata as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "新潟",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "新",
          "にい"
        ],
        [
          "潟",
          "がた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Niigata",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nifigata",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にひがた",
      "roman": "nifigata",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper",
        "2": "に.いがた",
        "hhira": "にひがた"
      },
      "expansion": "新(にい)潟(がた) • (Niigata) ^(←にひがた (nifigata)?)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "ja:Cities in Japan",
        "ja:Cities in Niigata Prefecture",
        "ja:Niigata",
        "ja:Places in Japan",
        "ja:Places in Niigata Prefecture",
        "ja:Prefectural capitals of Japan"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Niigata (the capital city of Niigata Prefecture, Japan)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Niigata",
          "Niigata#English"
        ],
        [
          "capital city",
          "capital city"
        ],
        [
          "Japan",
          "Japan#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ja:Niigata Prefecture",
        "ja:Places in Japan",
        "ja:Prefectures of Japan"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Niigata (a prefecture of Japan)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Niigata",
          "Niigata#English"
        ],
        [
          "prefecture",
          "prefecture"
        ],
        [
          "Japan",
          "Japan#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "にいがた"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟iːɡa̠ta̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "新潟"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <sup> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "新潟"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "新潟",
  "trace": "started on line 18, detected on line 18"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </sup>",
  "path": [
    "新潟"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "新潟",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "新潟"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "新潟",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: ~市",
  "path": [
    "新潟"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "新潟",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: ~市",
  "path": [
    "新潟"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "新潟",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: ~縣",
  "path": [
    "新潟"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "新潟",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: ~縣",
  "path": [
    "新潟"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "新潟",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "新潟"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "新潟",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "新潟"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "新潟",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (1b9bfc5 and 0136956). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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