倉庫

See also: 仓库

Chinese

		barn; granary; storehouse barn; granary; storehouse; cabin; hold (in ship)	warehouse; storehouse
trad. (倉庫)		倉	庫
simp. (仓库)		仓	库

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cāngkù

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄤㄎㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹ fu³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhông-khu

(Hailu, HRS): cong^ˋ ku^ˇ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhng-khò͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): cang¹ kou³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tshaon-khu₅

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cāngkù
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄤㄎㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cangkù
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻang¹-kʻu⁴
  - Yale: tsāng-kù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsangkuh
  - Palladius: цанку (canku)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ kʰu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cong¹ fu³
  - Yale: chōng fu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹ fu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: cong¹ fu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ fuː³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhông-khu
  - Hakka Romanization System: cong^ˊ ku
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cong¹ ku⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰu⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: cong^ˋ ku^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ⁵³ kʰu¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhng-khò͘
  - Tâi-lô: tshng-khòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhngqox
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰŋ̍³³ kʰɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɔ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɔ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cang¹ kou³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshang khòu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ³³⁻²³ kʰou²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tshaon-khu₅
  - MiniDict: tshaon^平 khu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshaan-khu₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɑ̃⁵⁵ kʰu²¹/

Middle Chinese: tshang khuH

Rime
Character	倉	庫
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	七岡切	苦故切
Baxter	tshang	khuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/kʰuo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/kʰuo^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/kʰo^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰaŋ/	/kʰɔ^H/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/kʰo^H/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/kʰu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/kʰuo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cāng	kù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cong¹	fu³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[s.r̥]ˤaŋ|tsʰˤaŋ [k]ʰˤa-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːŋ kʰaːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	倉	倉	庫
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cāng	cāng	kù
Middle Chinese	‹ tshang ›	‹ tshang ›	‹ khu^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[s.r̥]ˁaŋ/	/*tsʰˁaŋ/	/*[k]ʰˁa-s/
English	tshang-kæng "oriole"	granary	arsenal; storehouse
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	倉	庫
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1125	1314
Phonetic component	倉	車
Rime group	陽	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	倉	絝
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːŋ/	/*kʰaːs/

Noun

倉庫

warehouse; storehouse (Classifier: 座 m)
(computing) repository (Classifier: 個／个 m)

Synonyms

(storehouse):

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倉房 / 仓房 (cāngfáng)
庫房 / 库房 (kùfáng)
棧房 / 栈房 (zhànfáng)
棧間 / 栈间 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)

Derived terms

冷藏倉庫 / 冷藏仓库
四行倉庫 / 四行仓库

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (倉庫):

→ Japanese: 倉(そう)庫(こ) (sōko)
→ Korean: 창고(倉庫) (changgo)

References

“倉庫”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
倉	庫
そう Grade: 4	こ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そーこ [sóꜜòkò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [so̞ːko̞]

Noun

倉(そう)庫(こ) • (sōko) ^{←さうこ (sauko)^?}

warehouse

Derived terms

倉庫会社(そうこがいしゃ) (sōkogaisha): warehouse company
倉庫番(そうこばん) (sōkoban): warehouseman
倉庫業(そうこぎょう) (sōkogyō): warehouse business

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
倉	庫

Noun

倉庫 • (changgo) (hangeul 창고)

hanja form^? of 창고 (“warehouse”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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