片假名

Chinese

		a slice; piece; flake a slice; piece; flake; thin; slice; disc; sheet	pseudonym; false or fictitious name; to do something under a false premise
trad. (片假名)		片	假名
simp. #(片假名)		片	假名

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 片(かた)仮(か)名(な) (katakana).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piànjiǎmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pin³ gaa² ming⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piànjiǎmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piànjiǎmíng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien⁴-chia³-ming²
    • Yale: pyàn-jyǎ-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piannjeaming
    • Palladius: пяньцзямин (pjanʹczjamin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pin³ gaa² ming⁴
    • Yale: pin gá mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pin³ gaa² ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pin³ ga² ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn³³ kaː³⁵ mɪŋ²¹/

Noun

片假名

1. katakana

See also

• 平假名 (píngjiǎmíng)
• 變體假名／变体假名 (biàntǐ jiǎmíng)
• 萬葉假名／万叶假名 (wànyè jiǎmíng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
片	假	名
かた Grade: 6	か Hyōgai	な Grade: 1

Noun

片(かた)假(か)名(な) • (katakana) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 片仮名: katakana