手紙
See also: 手纸
Chinese
hand; convenient; ‑er | paper | ||
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trad. (手紙) | 手 | 紙 | |
simp. (手纸) | 手 | 纸 |
Pronunciation
Noun
手紙
- toilet paper
- 我在宿舍裡翻箱倒櫃地找手紙。最後還是不得不跑到隔壁宿舍去了。 [MSC, trad.]
- Wǒ zài sùshè lǐ fānxiāngdǎoguì de zhǎo shǒuzhǐ. Zuìhòu háishì bùdébù pǎo dào gébì sùshè qù le. [Pinyin]
- I looked all over the dormitory for some toilet paper. In the end, I was forced to go to the dormitory next door.
我在宿舍里翻箱倒柜地找手纸。最后还是不得不跑到隔壁宿舍去了。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 手紙 (“toilet paper”) [map]
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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手 | 紙 |
て Grade: 1 |
かみ > がみ Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology 1
Compound of 手 (te, “hand”) + 紙 (kami, “paper”).[1][2] The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
An etymologically unrelated false friend of Chinese 手紙/手纸 (shǒuzhǐ).
Noun
手紙 • (tegami)
Descendants
- → Amis: tikami
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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手 | 紙 |
て Grade: 1 |
かみ > がん Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi | irregular |
/teɡami/ → /teɡaɴ/
Shift from standard Japanese tegami, dropping the final vowel and keeping the nasal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [te̞ɡã̠ɴ]
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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