貯金箱

Japanese
Kanji in this term
貯 金 箱
ちょ
Grade: 5		 きん
Grade: 1		 はこ > ばこ
Grade: 3
on’yomi kun’yomi

Etymology

From 貯(ちょ)金(きん) (chokin, “savings”) + 箱(ばこ) (bako, “box; case; chest”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ちょき​んばこ [chòkíꜜǹbàkò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕo̞kʲĩmba̠ko̞]

Noun

貯(ちょ)金(きん)箱(ばこ) • (chokinbako) ←ちよきんばこ (tyokinbako)?

  1. a bank (device used to store coins or currency)
    ブタの貯(ちょ)金(きん)箱(ばこ)
    buta no chokinbako
    a piggy bank

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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.