仙台

Chinese

		immortal	surname; (classical) you (in letters); platform surname; (classical) you (in letters); platform; Taiwan (abbr.)
simp. and trad. (仙台)		仙	台

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xiāntái

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄊㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ toi⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Xiāntái
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄊㄞˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiantair
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Siantái
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛn⁵⁵ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ toi⁴
  - Yale: sīn tòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ toi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ toi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ tʰɔːy̯²¹/

Proper noun

仙台

(～市) Sendai (a city in Miyagi, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
仙	台
せん Grade: S	だい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せんだい [séꜜǹdàì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [sẽ̞nda̠i]

Proper noun

仙台 (hiragana せんだい, rōmaji Sendai)

Sendai, a city located in the center of Miyagi prefecture in Northern Honshū, Japan.

See also

仙台市 (せんだいし, Sendai-shi): Sendai City
宮城県 (みやぎけん, Miyagi-ken): Miyagi Prefecture
東北地方 (とうほくちほう, Tōhoku Chihō): the Tōhoku Region
本州 (ほんしゅう, Honshū): Honshū, the main island of Japan

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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