Chinese

Noun

新幹線

1. (Japanese) bullet train; shinkansen

Synonyms

• 子彈火車／子弹火车 (zǐdàn huǒchē)

Japanese

新幹線 (shinkansen): a bullet train.

Etymology

新 ‎(“new”) +‎ 幹線 ‎(“main line”)

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) しんか​んせん [shìńkáꜜǹsèǹ] (Nakadaka - [3])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋkã̠nsẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

新幹線 ‎(hiragana しんかんせん, romaji shinkansen)

1. Japanese super express, bullet train, a line which extremely fast trains run on in Japan; shinkansen

   a replacement for Japan's national railway company's past main lines

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3