天秤棒

Japanese

天秤棒 (tenbinbō): a carrying pole in use by a street vendor in Hanoi.

Kanji in this term
天	秤	棒
てん Grade: 1	びん Jinmeiyō	ぼう Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 天秤 (tenbin, “a pair of scales, a balance”) +‎ 棒 (bō, “a pole, a staff”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) てんびんぼー [tèńbíńbóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- (Tokyo) てんびんぼー [tèńbíꜜǹbòò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [tẽ̞mbʲĩmbo̞ː]

Noun

天秤棒 (hiragana てんびんぼう, rōmaji tenbinbō)

a carrying pole, a yoke as used by people for carrying things

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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