銅壺

Chinese

		copper	pot; (a measure word)
trad. (銅壺)		銅	壺
simp. (铜壶)		铜	壶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tónghú

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ wu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tónghú
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tónghú
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-hu²
    • Yale: túng-hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tornghwu
    • Palladius: тунху (tunxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ xu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ wu⁴
    • Yale: tùhng wùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ wu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ wu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ wuː²¹/

Noun

銅壺

1. (historical) copper clepsydra; water clock
2. copper pot (for containing water)

Derived terms

• 銅壺滴漏／铜壶滴漏

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (銅壺):

• → Japanese: 銅壺(どうこ) (dōko)
• → Vietnamese: đồng hồ (銅壺)

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
銅	壺
どう Grade: 5	こ Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どーこ [dòókó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [do̞ːko̞]

Noun

銅(どう)壺(こ) • (dōko) 

1. copper pot shaped like a kamado for boiling water (mainly used for warming up sake)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
銅	壺

Noun

銅壺

1. chữ Hán form of đồng hồ (“watch; clock; metre”).