冗句

Chinese

		extraneous	(a measure word, for sentences or lines of verse); sentence
simp. and trad. (冗句)		冗	句

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rǒngjù

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˇ ㄐㄩˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rǒngjù
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˇ ㄐㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rǒngjyù
  - Wade–Giles: jung³-chü⁴
  - Yale: rǔng-jyù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roongjiuh
  - Palladius: жунцзюй (žunczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵¹/

Noun

冗句

superfluous sentences

Japanese

Kanji in this term
冗	句
じょう Grade: S	く Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じょーく [jóꜜòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːkɯ̟]

Etymology 1

Noun

冗(じょう)句(く) • (jōku)

superfluous sentences

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English joke.

Noun

冗(じょう)句(く) or 冗句(ジョーク) • (jōku)

alternative spelling of ジョーク

References

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