Where does “新幹線” come from?

新幹線 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 新幹線, from Japanese 幹線 — main line, trunk line.

新幹線 (Chinese): bullet train; shinkansen

Definitions

  1. bullet train; shinkansen

Ancestry of “新幹線”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese新幹線Japanese super express, bullet train, a line...
2Japanese幹線main line, trunk line
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