天秤棒

Japanese
天秤棒 (tenbinbō): a carrying pole in use by a street vendor in Hanoi.
Kanji in this term
天 秤 棒
てん
Grade: 1		 びん
Jinmeiyō		 ぼう
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 天秤 (tenbin, “a pair of scales, a balance”) +‎ 棒 (bō, “a pole, a staff”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) てんびんぼー [tèńbíńbóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) てんび​んぼー [tèńbíꜜǹbòò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [tẽ̞mbʲĩmbo̞ː]

Noun

天(てん)秤(びん)棒(ぼう) • (tenbinbō) 

  1. a carrying pole, a yoke as used by people for carrying things

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.