バス停

Japanese
バス停 (basutei): a bus stop.
Kanji in this term
停
てい
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

An abbreviation for バス停留所, from バス (basu, “bus”) +‎ 停留 (teiryū, “holding”) +‎ 所 (jo, “position”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) バスてー [bàsútéé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ba̠sɨ̥ᵝte̞ː]

Noun

バス停(てい) • (basutei) 

  1. bus stop
  • バス停留所(ていりゅうじょ) (basu teiryūjo)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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