武藏台

Wǔcángtái

proper noun #35,930

Meanings

1 Musashidai (Japanese place name)
2 Chinese rendering of 武蔵台 - neighborhoods/stations in the Tokyo and Saitama areas of Japan

Characters

martial; military

platform; plateau

Examples

HSK 5

东京有几处地方叫武藏台。

Dōngjīng yǒu jǐ chù dìfāng jiào Wǔcángtái.

There are several places in the Tokyo area called Musashidai.

HSK 5

他们在武藏台附近找到了一套合适的公寓。

Tāmen zài Wǔcángtái fùjìn zhǎodào le yí tào héshì de gōngyù.

They found a suitable apartment near Musashidai.

Tips

culture

武藏 (Japanese: Musashi) is the old name of the province covering modern Tokyo, Saitama and parts of Kanagawa - the same name that famous swordsman 宫本武藏 (Miyamoto Musashi) carries. 台 (Japanese: -dai) is a common Japanese place-name suffix meaning 'plateau / heights'. So Musashidai = 'Musashi Heights'.

usage

Borrowed straight from Japanese kanji rather than transliterated: each character is read with its Mandarin reading. Same pattern in 北海道 ('Hokkaidō') and 东京 ('Tokyo').

Stroke Order

武 wǔ

藏 cáng

台 tái