綿棒

Japanese

Kanji in this term
綿	棒
めん Grade: 5	ぼう Grade: 6
goon

Etymology

綿 (men, “cotton”) +‎ 棒 (bō, “stick”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めんぼー [méꜜǹbòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [mẽ̞mbo̞ː]

Noun

綿(めん)棒(ぼう) • (menbō) ^{←めんばう (menbau)^?} (counter 本)

a cotton swab

Derived terms

綿(めん)棒(ぼう)浣(かん)腸(ちょう) (menbō kanchō)

References

Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
綿	棒

Noun

綿棒 • (myeonbong or McCune-Reischauer: myŏnbong or Yale: myenpong) (hangeul 면봉)

Hanja form^? of 면봉 (“cotton swab”).

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