混凝土
Chinese
to mix; to get along; thoughtless; confused; dirty; mix |
congeal; concentrate attention | earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (混凝土) |
混 | 凝 | 土 | |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 混凝土 (konkurīto).
Pronunciation
Noun
混凝土
- concrete (building material)
Synonyms
- (chiefly Cantonese) 石屎
See also
- 水泥 (shuǐní)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 混 | 凝 | 土 |
| こん Grade: 5 |
こり > くりー Grade: S |
と Grade: 1 |
| Irregular | ||
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of English concrete: from 混 (kon, “to blend; to mix”) + 凝 (kori, “congealing”) + 土 (to, “dirt; soil”); coined by Isamu Hiroi (広井勇).
Noun
混凝土 (katakana コンクリート, rōmaji konkurīto)
- Alternative form of コンクリート
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