風車
See also: 风车
Chinese
wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner |
vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (風車) | 風 | 車 | |
| simp. (风车) | 风 | 车 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
風車
- windmill; wind turbine
- winnower
- pinwheel
- (Hokkien, Singapore Teochew) automobile; motor car; sedan
- 要去風車著放定，問恁阿嫂要坨行？ [Hokkien, trad.]
- From: 2003, performed by 赖英凤, 〈一支雨伞圆辚辚〉, in 周长楫 and 周清海, 《新加坡闽南话俗语歌谣选》, page 266
- Beh khì hong-chhia tio̍h pàng-tiāⁿ, mn̄g lín a-só beh tôa kiâⁿ? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- If you want to go, the car needs to be parked right, and ask your sister-in-law where to go.
要去风车着放定，问恁阿嫂要坨行？ [Hokkien, simp.]
- (Longyan Hokkien, Datian Min) kite (toy)
- (Medan Hokkien) bicycle
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 汽車 (“car, motor vehicle”) [map]
- (kite):
Dialectal synonyms of 風箏 (“kite (toy)”) [map]
- (bicycle):
Dialectal synonyms of 自行車 (“bicycle”) [map]
Derived terms
- 風車草／风车草
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 風 | 車 |
| ふう Grade: 2 |
しゃ Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi | |
From Middle Chinese 風車 (MC pjuwng tsyhae, “wind + wheel”).
Pronunciation
Synonyms
- (windmill): ウィンドミル (windomiru) (rare)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
風車 (kazaguruma): a pinwheel.
風車 (kazaguruma): the Clematis patens flower.
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 風 | 車 |
| かざ Grade: 2 |
くるま > ぐるま Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | |
Compound of 風 (kaza, “wind”, the older combining form) + 車 (kuruma, “wheel”). The kuruma changes to guruma as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Noun
風車 • (kazaguruma)
- a windmill (structure)
- a pinwheel, a toy that spins in the wind
- ね、風が吹いているよ、風車を回そう。
- Ne, kaze ga fuite iru yo, kazaguruma o mawasō.
- Hey, the wind's blowing, let's spin pinwheels.
- ね、風が吹いているよ、風車を回そう。
- a crest in the shape of a windmill or pinwheel
- (figurative) economic disadvantage, a difficult life
- (shogi) the “windmill opening” in shogi
- a kind of clematis flower, the Clematis patens
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カザグルマ.
Synonyms
- (windmill): ウィンドミル (windomiru) (rare)
See also
- 風力原動機 (fūryoku gendōki): wind power
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 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
- Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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