原宿

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former
simp. and trad. (原宿)		原	宿

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yuánsù

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄙㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ suk¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yuánsù
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄙㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yuánsù
  - Wade–Giles: Yüan²-su⁴
  - Yale: Ywán-sù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuansuh
  - Palladius: Юаньсу (Juanʹsu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ su⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    原宿
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ suk¹
  - Yale: yùhn sūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ suk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ sug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ sʊk̚⁵/

Proper noun

原宿

Harajuku (a neighborhood of Shibuya, Tokyo)
- 1985, 許冠傑 [Sam Hui], “日本娃娃”‎^[1]performed by 許冠傑 [Sam Hui]:
  
  實行住原宿開間Sushi Bar [Cantonese, trad.]
  实行住原宿开间Sushi Bar [Cantonese, simp.]
  sat⁶ hang⁴ zyu⁶ jyun⁴ suk¹ hoi¹ gaan¹ Sushi Bar [Jyutping]
  I'll live in Harajuku and open up a sushi bar

Japanese

Kanji in this term
原	宿
はら Grade: 2	しゅく > じゅく Grade: 3
yutōyomi

Etymology

Literally "inn in the open fields", from 原(はら) (hara, “uncultivated field”) + 宿(しゅく) (shuku, “inn”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はらじゅく [hàrájúkú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ha̠ɾa̠ʑɨkɯ̟]

Proper noun

原(はら)宿(じゅく) • (Harajuku)

Harajuku (a neighborhood of Shibuya, Tokyo)