埼玉

Qíyù

proper noun

Meanings

1 Saitama, Japanese prefecture just north of Tokyo, and its capital city

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

很多在东京上班的人住在埼玉。

Hěnduō zài Dōngjīng shàngbān de rén zhù zài Qíyù.

Many people who work in Tokyo live in Saitama.

HSK 7-9

动画《蜡笔小新》的故事发生在埼玉的春日部。

Dònghuà 《 Làbǐ Xiǎoxīn 》 de gùshi fāshēng zài Qíyù de Chūnrìbù.

The anime Crayon Shin-chan is set in Kasukabe, Saitama.

Tips

usage

埼, "curved shore", is met almost only in this name. Japanese reads the name Saitama, but Chinese reads the characters in Mandarin: 埼玉. The prefecture is 埼玉县 and the city 埼玉市.

Stroke Order

埼 qí

玉 yù