水柱

Chinese

water; river pillar
simp. and trad.
(水柱)

Pronunciation


Noun

水柱

  1. column of water

Japanese

Kanji in this term
みず
Grade: 1
はしら > ばしら
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Kanji in this term
すい
Grade: 1
ちゅう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いちゅう [sùíchúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝit͡ɕɨᵝː]
  • IPA(key): [mʲizɨᵝba̠ɕiɾa̠]

Noun

(すい)(ちゅう) or (みず)(ばしら) • (suichū or mizubashira) 

  1. column of water
    • 1940, 海野十三, 地球要塞:
      やがて洋上(ようじょう)には、真白(まっしろ)水柱(みずばしら)奔騰(ほんとう)した。
      Yagate yōjō ni wa, masshiro na mizubashira ga hontō shita.
      Before long, a pure white column of water spewed out from the ocean's surface.

References

  1. 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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