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

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

(historical) copper clepsydra; water clock
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])^[1]
IPA^(key): [do̞ːko̞]

Noun

銅(どう)壺(こ) • (dōko)

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

References

^ 2014, 新明解日本語アクセント辞典 (Shin Meikai Japanese Accent Dictionary), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
銅	壺

Noun

銅壺

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