繁華街

Chinese

		lively; bustling; busy lively; bustling; busy; beautiful	street
trad. (繁華街)		繁華	街
simp. (繁华街)		繁华	街

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fánhuájiē

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴ waa⁴ gaai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fánhuájiē
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄝ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fánhuájie
  - Wade–Giles: fan²-hua²-chieh¹
  - Yale: fán-hwá-jyē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnhwajie
  - Palladius: фаньхуацзе (fanʹxuacze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ xu̯ä³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan⁴ waa⁴ gaai¹
  - Yale: fàahn wàh gāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴ waa⁴ gaai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴ wa⁴ gai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹ waː²¹ kaːi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

繁華街

busy street (typically in a Japanese or Korean context)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
繁	華	街
はん Grade: S	か Grade: S	がい Grade: 4
kan'on		kan'yōon

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 繁(はん)華(か) (hanka, “bustle”) + 街(がい) (gai, “area; street”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はんかがい [hàńkáꜜgàì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [hã̠ŋka̠ɡa̠i]

Noun

繁(はん)華(か)街(がい) • (hankagai) ^{←はんくわがい (fankwagai)^?}

busy street, shopping area, business district

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
繁	華	街

Noun

繁華街 • (beonhwaga) (hangeul 번화가)

hanja form^? of 번화가 (“busy street”)