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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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    qu2
ch`ü
    chü
 ku
    ちまた
thoroughfare
(1) (kana only) the public (esp. much-discussed, much-heard); the street (e.g. "word on the street"); (2) (kana only) street; district; quarters; (3) (kana only) location (of a battle, etc.); scene (e.g. of carnage); (4) (kana only) divide (e.g. between life and death); (5) fork (in a road); crossroads
A thoroughfare, a way, cf. 瞿 18.

衢州

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qú zhōu
    qu2 zhou1
ch`ü chou
    chü chou
Quzhou, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang

衢黠

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qú xiá
    qu2 xia2
ch`ü hsia
    chü hsia
 Kukatsu
Kuśa

四衢

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sì qú
    si4 qu2
ssu ch`ü
    ssu chü
 yotsutsuji
    よつつじ
(surname) Yotsutsuji
four crossings

天衢

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tiān qú
    tian1 qu2
t`ien ch`ü
    tien chü
 Tenku
Devasopān

康衢

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kāng qú
    kang1 qu2
k`ang ch`ü
    kang chü
through street; thoroughfare

街衢

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 gaiku
    がいく
town

衢州市

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qú zhōu shì
    qu2 zhou1 shi4
ch`ü chou shih
    chü chou shih
Quzhou, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang

四衢道

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sì qú dào
    si4 qu2 dao4
ssu ch`ü tao
    ssu chü tao
 shiku dō
a street that splits in four directions

柳陌花衢

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liǔ mò huā qú
    liu3 mo4 hua1 qu2
liu mo hua ch`ü
    liu mo hua chü
brothel

Variations:
巷(P)

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 chimata
    ちまた
(1) the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); (2) street; district; quarters; (3) location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage); (4) divide (e.g. between life and death); (5) (orig. meaning) fork (in a road); crossroads

Variations:
巷(P)
岐(oK)
衢(oK)

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 chimata
    ちまた
(1) the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); (2) street; district; quarters; (3) location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage); (4) divide (e.g. between life and death); (5) (orig. meaning) fork (in a road); crossroads
This page contains 12 results for "衢" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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