漢堡

See also: 汉堡

Chinese

phonetic
earthwork; castle; position of defence
earthwork; castle; position of defence; stronghold; character used in place names
 
trad. (漢堡)
simp. (汉堡)

Etymology

From English Hamburg or German Hamburg where is a phono-semantic matching of German -burg (fortress). The noun sense is normally explained as short for 漢堡包汉堡包 (hànbǎobāo, “Hamburg bun”).

Pronunciation


Noun

漢堡

  1. hamburger
    肯德基從來漢堡大可 [MSC, trad.]
    肯德基从来汉堡大可 [MSC, simp.]
    Zài Kěndéjī, wǒ cónglái dōu shì liǎng ge là hànbǎo, yī bēi dàkě. [Pinyin]
    At KFC, I have always ordered two spicy hamburgers and one large coke.
  2. sandwich in round shape
    豬柳漢堡猪柳汉堡  ―  zhūliǔ dàn hànbǎo  ―  Sausage McMuffin with Egg (product of McDonald's)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Proper noun

漢堡

  1. Hamburg (the second-largest city in Germany)
  2. Hamburg (a state of Germany containing the city of the same name)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
はん
Grade: 3
ぶるく
Hyōgai
irregular
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

This spelling is ateji (当て字), a relatively recent borrowing from Chinese 漢堡 / 汉堡 (hànbǎo).[1]

For pronunciation and definitions of 漢堡 – see the following entry.
ハンブルク
[proper noun] Hamburg (the second-largest city in Germany)
[proper noun] Hamburg (a state of Germany containing the city of the same name)
Alternative spelling
ハンブルグ
(This term, 漢堡, is an alternative spelling (exceedingly rare) of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN