新幹線

See also: 新干线

Chinese
new; newly; meso- (chem.) main line; trunk line
trad. (新幹線/新幹綫) 新 幹線/幹綫
simp. (新干线) 新 干线

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 新幹線 (shinkansen).

Pronunciation

Noun

新幹線

  1. (Japanese) shinkansen, Japan's high speed railway
  2. (Japanese) bullet train; shinkansen

Synonyms

Japanese
新幹線 (shinkansen): a bullet train.

Etymology
Kanji in this term
新 幹 線
しん
Grade: 2		 かん
Grade: 5		 せん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

新 (“new”) +‎ 幹線 (“main line”)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しんか​んせん [shìńkáꜜǹsèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕĩŋkã̠ɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

新(しん)幹(かん)線(せん) • (shinkansen) 

  1. (rail transport) shinkansen (Japanese high-speed railway line)
  2. (rail transport) shinkansen (high-speed passenger train which runs on such a line; a bullet train)

Derived terms

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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