地区 | [dì qū, ㄉㄧˋ ㄑㄩ, 地 区 / 地 區] region; area; prefecture (main subdivision of most PRC provinces) #497 [Add to Longdo] |
南京 | [Nán jīng, ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥ, 南 京] Nanjing prefecture level city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏; capital of China at different historical periods #1,526 [Add to Longdo] |
成都 | [Chéng dū, ㄔㄥˊ ㄉㄨ, 成 都] Chengdu prefecture level city and capital of Sichuan province 四川 in southwest China #1,992 [Add to Longdo] |
武汉 | [Wǔ hàn, ㄨˇ ㄏㄢˋ, 武 汉 / 武 漢] Wuhan city on Changjiang, prefecture level city and capital of Hubei province #2,527 [Add to Longdo] |
州 | [zhōu, ㄓㄡ, 州] (United States) state; province; sub-prefecture #2,596 [Add to Longdo] |
沈阳 | [Shěn yáng, ㄕㄣˇ ㄧㄤˊ, 沈 阳 / 瀋 陽] Shenyang prefecture level city and capital of Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China; old names include Fengtian 奉天, Shengjing 盛京 and Mukden #3,237 [Add to Longdo] |
大连 | [Dà lián, ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ, 大 连 / 大 連] Dalian prefecture level city in Liaoning #3,294 [Add to Longdo] |
西安 | [Xī ān, ㄒㄧ ㄢ, 西 安] Xī'ān prefecture level city and capital of Shǎnxī Province 陝西省|陕西省 in central north China; also Xi'an district of Liaoyuan city 遼源市|辽源市, Jilin #3,359 [Add to Longdo] |
府 | [fǔ, ㄈㄨˇ, 府] seat of government; government repository (archive); official residence; mansion; presidential palace; (honorific) Your home; prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) #3,434 [Add to Longdo] |
长沙 | [Cháng shā, ㄔㄤˊ ㄕㄚ, 长 沙 / 長 沙] Changsha prefecture level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China #4,104 [Add to Longdo] |
温州 | [Wēn zhōu, ㄨㄣ ㄓㄡ, 温 州 / 溫 州] Wenzhou prefecture level city in Zhejiang #4,832 [Add to Longdo] |
郑州 | [Zhēng zhōu, ㄓㄥ ㄓㄡ, 郑 州 / 鄭 州] Zhengzhou prefecture level city and capital of Henan Province in central China #4,979 [Add to Longdo] |
福州 | [Fú zhōu, ㄈㄨˊ ㄓㄡ, 福 州] Fuzhou prefecture level city and capital of Fujian province in east China; formerly known as Foochow or Fuchow #5,253 [Add to Longdo] |
昆明 | [Kūn míng, ㄎㄨㄣ ㄇㄧㄥˊ, 昆 明] Kunming prefecture level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China #5,369 [Add to Longdo] |
宁波 | [Níng bō, ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄛ, 宁 波 / 寧 波] Ningbo prefecture level city in Zhejiang #5,471 [Add to Longdo] |
苏州 | [Sū zhōu, ㄙㄨ ㄓㄡ, 苏 州 / 蘇 州] Suzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu #5,532 [Add to Longdo] |
长春 | [Cháng chūn, ㄔㄤˊ ㄔㄨㄣ, 长 春 / 長 春] Changchun prefecture level city, capital of Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China #5,955 [Add to Longdo] |
贵阳 | [Guì yáng, ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄤˊ, 贵 阳 / 貴 陽] Guiyang prefecture level city and capital of Guizhou province #6,722 [Add to Longdo] |
东莞 | [Dōng guǎn, ㄉㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄢˇ, 东 莞 / 東 莞] Dongguan prefecture level city in Guangdong #6,777 [Add to Longdo] |
吉林 | [Jí lín, ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ, 吉 林] Jilin province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. 吉, capital 長春|长春; also Jilin prefecture level city, Jilin province #6,997 [Add to Longdo] |
南昌 | [Nán chāng, ㄋㄢˊ ㄔㄤ, 南 昌] Nanchang prefecture level city and capital of Jiangxi province 江西省 in southeast China; also Nanchang county #6,999 [Add to Longdo] |
兰州 | [Lán zhōu, ㄌㄢˊ ㄓㄡ, 兰 州 / 蘭 州] Lanzhou prefecture level city and capital of Gansu province 甘肅 in north central China #7,261 [Add to Longdo] |
温泉 | [Wēn quán, ㄨㄣ ㄑㄩㄢˊ, 温 泉 / 溫 泉] Arishang Nahiyisi or Wenquan county in Börtala Mongol autonomous prefecture 博爾塔拉蒙古自治州|博尔塔拉蒙古自治州, Xinjiang #7,319 [Add to Longdo] |
无锡 | [Wú xī, ㄨˊ ㄒㄧ, 无 锡 / 無 錫] Wuxi prefecture level city in Jiangsu #7,374 [Add to Longdo] |
盟 | [méng, ㄇㄥˊ, 盟] oath; pledge; union; to ally; league, a subdivision corresponding to prefecture in Inner Mongolia #7,528 [Add to Longdo] |
珠海 | [Zhū hǎi, ㄓㄨ ㄏㄞˇ, 珠 海] Zhuhai prefecture level city in Guangdong #7,595 [Add to Longdo] |
南京市 | [Nán jīng shì, ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕˋ, 南 京 市] Nanjing prefecture level city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏; capital of China at different historical periods #7,629 [Add to Longdo] |
南宁 | [Nán níng, ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄥˊ, 南 宁 / 南 寧] Nanning prefecture level city and capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in south China 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区 #7,880 [Add to Longdo] |
中山 | [Zhōng shān, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄢ, 中 山] refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen; Nakayama, common Japanese surname (borrowed by Sun Yat-sen); Zhongshan prefecture level city in Guangdong close to Sun Yat-Sen's birth-place #8,007 [Add to Longdo] |
海口 | [Hǎi kǒu, ㄏㄞˇ ㄎㄡˇ, 海 口] Haikou prefecture level city and capital of Hainan island province in south China #8,037 [Add to Longdo] |
佛山 | [Fó shān, ㄈㄛˊ ㄕㄢ, 佛 山] Foshan prefecture level city in Guangdong #8,143 [Add to Longdo] |
魏 | [Wèi, ㄨㄟˋ, 魏] surname Wei; name of vassal state of Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States; Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms from the fall of the Han; the Wei dynasty 221-265; Wei prefecture and Wei county at #8,200 [Add to Longdo] |
泉州 | [Quán zhōu, ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄡ, 泉 州] Quanzhou prefecture level city in Fujian #8,494 [Add to Longdo] |
三亚 | [Sān yà, ㄙㄢ ㄧㄚˋ, 三 亚 / 三 亞] Sanya city prefecture level city in Hainan #8,606 [Add to Longdo] |
太原 | [Tài yuán, ㄊㄞˋ ㄩㄢˊ, 太 原] Tàiyuán prefecture level city and capital of Shānxī province 山西省 in central north China #8,706 [Add to Longdo] |
洛阳 | [Luò yáng, ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄤˊ, 洛 阳 / 洛 陽] Luoyang prefecture level city in Henan, an old capital from pre-Han times #8,818 [Add to Longdo] |
贵阳市 | [Guì yáng shì, ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄕˋ, 贵 阳 市 / 貴 陽 市] Guiyang prefecture level city and capital of Guizhou province #9,333 [Add to Longdo] |
沈阳市 | [Shěn yáng shì, ㄕㄣˇ ㄧㄤˊ ㄕˋ, 沈 阳 市 / 沈 陽 市] Shenyang prefecture level city and capital of Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China; old names include Fengtian 奉天, Shengjing 盛京 and Mukden #9,378 [Add to Longdo] |
扬州 | [Yáng zhōu, ㄧㄤˊ ㄓㄡ, 扬 州 / 揚 州] Yangzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu #9,538 [Add to Longdo] |
成都市 | [Chéng dū shì, ㄔㄥˊ ㄉㄨ ㄕˋ, 成 都 市] Chengdu prefecture level city and capital of Sichuan province 四川 in southwest China #9,805 [Add to Longdo] |
汕头 | [Shàn tóu, ㄕㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ, 汕 头 / 汕 頭] Shantou prefecture level city in Guangdong #9,911 [Add to Longdo] |
武汉市 | [Wǔ hàn shì, ㄨˇ ㄏㄢˋ ㄕˋ, 武 汉 市 / 武 漢 市] Wuhan city on Changjiang, prefecture level city and capital of Hubei province #10,022 [Add to Longdo] |
桂林 | [Guì lín, ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ, 桂 林] Guilin prefecture level prefecture level city in Guangxi #10,129 [Add to Longdo] |
石家庄 | [Shí jiā zhuāng, ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄓㄨㄤ, 石 家 庄 / 石 家 莊] Shijiazhuang prefecture level city and capital of Hebei province 河北省 in north China #10,198 [Add to Longdo] |
丽江 | [Lì jiāng, ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄤ, 丽 江 / 麗 江] Lijiang prefecture level city in northwest Yunnan #10,477 [Add to Longdo] |
郑州市 | [Zhēng zhōu shì, ㄓㄥ ㄓㄡ ㄕˋ, 郑 州 市 / 鄭 州 市] Zhengzhou prefecture level city and capital of Henan Province in central China #10,688 [Add to Longdo] |
乌鲁木齐 | [Wū lǔ mù qí, ㄨ ㄌㄨˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄑㄧˊ, 乌 鲁 木 齐 / 烏 魯 木 齊] Ürümqi or Urumqi prefecture level city and capital of Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区 in west China #10,795 [Add to Longdo] |
延安 | [Yán ān, ㄧㄢˊ ㄢ, 延 安] Yán'ān prefecture level city in Shǎnxī 陝西|陕西, communist headquarters during the war #10,807 [Add to Longdo] |
朝阳 | [Cháo yáng, ㄔㄠˊ ㄧㄤˊ, 朝 阳 / 朝 陽] Chaoyang district in east and northeast Beijing, a county level district of Beijing municipality; Chaoyang prefecture level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China; Chaoyang district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin; Chaoyang county in Chaoya #11,524 [Add to Longdo] |
唐山 | [Táng shān, ㄊㄤˊ ㄕㄢ, 唐 山] Tang Shan prefecture level city in Hebei #11,579 [Add to Longdo] |
県(P);縣(oK) | [けん, ken] (n) (1) prefecture (of Japan); (2) county (of China); (P) #40 [Add to Longdo] |
府 | [ふ, fu] (n) (1) (metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); (2) the centre or seat (of) (center); (3) (government) office #506 [Add to Longdo] |
藩 | [はん, han] (n, n-suf) fiefdom; domain (precursor to current prefectures); (P) #889 [Add to Longdo] |
東北 | [とうほく(P);ひがしきた, touhoku (P); higashikita] (n) (1) north-east; (2) (とうほく only) (See 東北地方) Tohoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); (P) #1,619 [Add to Longdo] |
大和(P);倭 | [やまと, yamato] (n) (1) Yamato; ancient province corresponding to modern-day Nara Prefecture; (2) (ancient) Japan; (adj-f) (3) (See 大和絵, 大和魂) Japanese; (P) #2,108 [Add to Longdo] |
中部 | [ちゅうぶ, chuubu] (n) (1) center; centre; middle; heart; (2) (abbr) (See 中部地方) Chubu region (inc. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures); (P) #2,454 [Add to Longdo] |
県内 | [けんない, kennai] (adj-no) within the prefecture; (P) #3,128 [Add to Longdo] |
薩摩 | [さつま, satsuma] (n) (1) Satsuma (ancient province located in present-day Kagoshima prefecture); (2) (abbr) (See 薩摩芋・さつまいも) sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) #4,863 [Add to Longdo] |
府立 | [ふりつ, furitsu] (adj-no, n) managed by an urban prefecture; (P) #5,230 [Add to Longdo] |
県民 | [けんみん, kenmin] (n) citizens of a prefecture; (P) #5,598 [Add to Longdo] |
越後 | [えちご, echigo] (n) Echigo; old name for Niigata Prefecture; (P) #6,259 [Add to Longdo] |
安芸 | [あき, aki] (n) former name of Hiroshima prefecture; (P) #6,368 [Add to Longdo] |
津軽 | [つがる, tsugaru] (n) Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture) #8,146 [Add to Longdo] |
淀川 | [よどがわ, yodogawa] (n) river in Osaka Prefecture; (P) #10,027 [Add to Longdo] |
立山 | [たてやま, tateyama] (n) mountain in Toyama Prefecture #11,075 [Add to Longdo] |
坂東 | [ばんどう, bandou] (n) (See 関東地方) Kanto region (inc. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures) #11,129 [Add to Longdo] |
多摩川 | [たまがわ, tamagawa] (n) river running between Tokyo-to and Kanagawa Prefecture #12,396 [Add to Longdo] |
筑前 | [ちくぜん, chikuzen] (n) name of ancient country located in the modern Fukuoka prefecture #14,179 [Add to Longdo] |
府県 | [ふけん, fuken] (n) prefecture; (P) #14,831 [Add to Longdo] |
富士川 | [ふじかわ, fujikawa] (n) river in Shizuoka Prefecture #17,033 [Add to Longdo] |
廃藩置県 | [はいはんちけん, haihanchiken] (n) abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures (1871) #18,851 [Add to Longdo] |
いぶり漬け | [いぶりづけ, iburiduke] (n) (See 燻りがっこ) smoked daikon pickles (famous product of Akita Prefecture) [Add to Longdo] |
しもつかれ | [shimotsukare] (n) (See 酢憤り) dish of simmered salmon head, soybeans, vegetables, and leftovers (popular in Tochigi Prefecture and surrounds) [Add to Longdo] |
だんだん | [dandan] (exp) thank you (dialect from the Izumo region of Shimane Prefecture) [Add to Longdo] |
よさこい | [yosakoi] (n) (from 夜さり来い) (See 鳴子) dance originating in Kochi Prefecture using "naruko" [Add to Longdo] |
ダ埼玉 | [ださいたま(uK);ダサイタマ, dasaitama (uK); dasaitama] (n) (uk) (col) (sl) (See ださい) derogatory reference to Saitama Prefecture (from dasai and Saitama) [Add to Longdo] |
チャグチャグ馬コ;チャグチャグ馬こ | [チャグチャグうまコ(チャグチャグ馬コ);チャグチャグうまこ(チャグチャグ馬こ), chaguchagu uma ko ( chaguchagu uma ko ); chaguchagu umako ( chaguchagu uma ko )] (n) (1) Chagu Chagu Horse Festival (of Iwate Prefecture); (2) small wooden horse toy with bells on its neck (made in Iwate prefecture) [Add to Longdo] |
ニホンヘラザメ | [nihonherazame] (n) Japanese catshark (Apristurus japonicus, found in Chiba Prefecture and the East China Sea) [Add to Longdo] |
阿蘇山 | [あそさん;あそざん, asosan ; asozan] (n) mountain in Kumamoto Prefecture [Add to Longdo] |
愛知県 | [あいちけん, aichiken] (n) Aichi prefecture (Chuubu area) [Add to Longdo] |
愛媛県 | [えひめけん, ehimeken] (n) Ehime prefecture (Shikoku) [Add to Longdo] |
伊予弁 | [いよべん, iyoben] (n) Iyo dialect (spoken in Ehime prefecture) [Add to Longdo] |
茨城県 | [いばらきけん, ibarakiken] (n) Ibaraki prefecture (Kantou area) [Add to Longdo] |
因州弁 | [いんしゅうべん, inshuuben] (n) dialects of Japanese spoken in Eastern Tottori prefecture [Add to Longdo] |
雲仙岳 | [うんぜんだけ, unzendake] (n) mountain in Nagasaki Prefecture [Add to Longdo] |
雲伯方言 | [うんぱくほうげん, unpakuhougen] (n) (See 出雲弁) dialects of Japanese spoken in Western Tottori prefecture and Eastern Shimane prefecture [Add to Longdo] |
岡山県 | [おかやまけん, okayamaken] (n) Okayama prefecture (Chuugoku area) [Add to Longdo] |
沖縄県 | [おきなわけん, okinawaken] (n) Okinawa prefecture (including Okinawa island) [Add to Longdo] |
各県 | [かくけん, kakuken] (n, adj-no) all prefectures [Add to Longdo] |
観光立県 | [かんこうりっけん, kankourikken] (n) aim to make a prefecture a travel destination [Add to Longdo] |
関東地方 | [かんとうちほう, kantouchihou] (n) Kanto region (inc. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures) [Add to Longdo] |
岩手県 | [いわてけん, iwateken] (n) Iwate prefecture (Tohoku area) [Add to Longdo] |
岐阜県 | [ぎふけん, gifuken] (n) Gifu prefecture (Chuubu area) [Add to Longdo] |
宮古上布 | [みやこじょうふ, miyakojoufu] (n) high quality hemp cloth from Miyakojima (Okinawa prefecture) [Add to Longdo] |
宮崎県 | [みやざきけん, miyazakiken] (n) Miyazaki prefecture (Kyushu) [Add to Longdo] |
宮城県 | [みやぎけん, miyagiken] (n) Miyagi prefecture (Tohoku area) [Add to Longdo] |
虚舟 | [きょしゅう, kyoshuu] (n) unidentified craft said to have washed ashore in Ibaraki Prefecture during the Edo period (sometimes alleged to have been a UFO) [Add to Longdo] |
魚汁 | [いしる;いしり;よしる;よしり, ishiru ; ishiri ; yoshiru ; yoshiri] (n) fish sauce made of salted and fermented sardines, mackerel, or squid; a specialty of the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture [Add to Longdo] |
近畿地方 | [きんきちほう, kinkichihou] (n) Kinki region (inc. Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Mie and Shiga prefectures) [Add to Longdo] |
近県 | [きんけん, kinken] (n) neighboring prefectures; neighbouring prefectures [Add to Longdo] |