日系

Chinese

		day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	be; system; to tie be; system; to tie; department; faculty
trad. (日系)		日	系
simp. #(日系)		日	系

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rìxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ hai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rìxì
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rìhsì
    • Wade–Giles: jih⁴-hsi⁴
    • Yale: r̀-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhshih
    • Palladius: жиси (žisi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ hai⁶
    • Yale: yaht haih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ hai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ hei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² hɐi̯²²/

Noun

日系

1. Japanese origin or style

   日系車／日系车  ―  rìxìchē  ―  Japanese car

Japanese

Kanji in this term
日	系
にち > にっ Grade: 1	けい Grade: 6
goon	kan’on

Noun

日(にっ)系(けい) • (nikkei) 

1. people of Japanese ancestry; nikkei
2. being of Japanese origin

Synonyms

• 日系人(にっけいじん) (nikkeijin)

Related terms

• 外資系(がいしけい) (gaishikei, “being of foreign origin”)