東芝

See also: 东芝

Chinese edit

		east	Zoysia pungens
trad. (東芝)		東	芝
simp. (东芝)		东	芝

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dōngzhī

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ zi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dōngzhī
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥㄓ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dongjhih
  - Wade–Giles: Tung¹-chih¹
  - Yale: Dūng-jr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dongjy
  - Palladius: Дунчжи (Dunčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung¹ zi¹
  - Yale: dūng jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ ji¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Proper noun edit

東芝

Toshiba, a Japanese company

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
東	芝
とう Grade: 2	しば Grade: S
jūbakoyomi

Etymology edit

A contraction of 東京 (Tōkyō) + 芝浦 (Shibaura, another placename in the Tokyo area), from the company's earlier name 東京芝浦電気 (Tōkyō Shibaura Denki, “Tokyo Shibaura Electric [Company]”). More at Toshiba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [to̞ːɕiba̠]

Proper noun edit

東(とう)芝(しば) • (Tōshiba)

Toshiba, a Japanese company