船橋

See also: 船桥

Chinese

		a boat; vessel; ship	bridge
trad. (船橋)		船	橋
simp. (船桥)		船	桥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuánqiáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁴ kiu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuánqiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuánciáo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuan²-chʻiao²
    • Yale: chwán-chyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwanchyau
    • Palladius: чуаньцяо (čuanʹcjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun⁴ kiu⁴
    • Yale: syùhn kìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁴ kiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun⁴ kiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn²¹ kʰiːu̯²¹/

Noun

船橋

1. (nautical) bridge (on a ship)

Proper noun

船橋

1. (～市) Funabashi (a city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
船	橋
せん Grade: 2	きょう Grade: 3
kan'on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せんきょー [sèńkyóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ŋʲkʲo̞ː]

Noun

船(せん)橋(きょう) • (senkyō) ^{←せんけう (senkeu)?}

1. (nautical) bridge (on a ship)

   Synonyms: ブリッジ (burijji), 艦橋 (kankyō)

   • 1900, 押川春浪, 海島冐險奇譚 海底軍艦‎^[1], 青空文庫:

     船(せん)橋(けう)の上(うへ)にはビール樽(だる)のやうに肥(ひ)滿(まん)した船(せん)長(ちやう)が、赤(あか)き頬(ほゝ)髯(ひげ)を捻(ひね)りつゝ傲(がう)然(ぜん)と四(し)方(ほう)を睥(へい)睨(げい)して居(を)る。

     Senkyō no ue ni wa bīru-daru no yō ni himan shita senchō ga, akaki hohohige o hineritsutsu gōzen to shihō o heigei shite oru.

     On the bridge, the captain, obese like a beer barrel, was glaring arrogantly in all four directions as he twisted his red whiskers.

2. pontoon bridge, bridge of boats

   Synonyms: 船橋 (funabashi, funahashi), 浮き橋 (ukihashi), 舟橋 (shūkyō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
船	橋
ふな Grade: 2	はし > ばし Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
舟橋

船(ふな) (funa, combining form of 船(ふね) (fune, “ship, vessel”)) + 橋(はし) (hashi, “bridge”). The hashi changes to bashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふなばし [fùnáꜜbàshì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟na̠ba̠ɕi]

Noun

船(ふな)橋(ばし) • (funabashi) 

1. pontoon bridge, bridge of boats

   Synonyms: 船橋 (senkyō), 浮き橋 (ukihashi), 舟橋 (shūkyō)

Proper noun

船(ふな)橋(ばし) • (Funabashi) 

1. a place name
   1. Funabashi (a city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan)
2. a surname

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
船	橋
ふな Grade: 2	はし Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
舟橋

船(ふな) (funa, combining form of 船(ふね) (fune, “ship, vessel”)) + 橋(はし) (hashi, “bridge”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふなはし [fùnáꜜhàshì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟na̠ha̠ɕi]

Noun

船(ふな)橋(はし) • (funahashi) 

1. Alternative form of 船橋 (funabashi)

Proper noun

船(ふな)橋(はし) • (Funahashi) 

1. a surname
2. a place name