堤防

Chinese

dike to protect; to defend; to guard (against)
simp. and trad.
(堤防)
堤 防

Pronunciation


Noun

堤防

  1. dike; embankment; levee

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
堤 防
てい
Grade: S
ぼう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

/teibau/ → /teibɔː/ → /teiboː/

From Middle Chinese compound 堤防 (dei? bjang, literally “dike, embankment + dike”). Compare modern Cantonese reading tai4 fong4.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) てーぼー [tèébóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [te̞ːbo̞ː]

Noun

堤(てい)防(ぼう) • (teibō) ←ていばう (teibau)?

  1. a levee, an embankment along a body of water, a dike
    • 1949, 豊島与志雄, 男ぎらい:
      小(ちい)さな道(みち)を行(い)き、少(すこ)しく上(あが)ると、河(かわ)の堤防(ていぼう)の上(うえ)に出(で)ます。
      Chīsana michi o iki, sukoshiku agaru to, kawa no teibō no ue ni demasu.
      If you go down the narrow path and go up a little, you'll get to the top of the river embankment.

See also

Verb

堤(てい)防(ぼう)する • (teibō suru) ←ていばう (teibau)?suru (stem 堤(てい)防(ぼう)し (teibō shi), past 堤(てい)防(ぼう)した (teibō shita))

  1. to block off with an embankment

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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