東芝

See also: 东芝

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dōngzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dōngzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄓ
    • 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

東芝

1. Toshiba, a Japanese company

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): [to̞ːɕiba̠]

Proper noun

東(とう)芝(しば) • (Tōshiba) 

1. Toshiba, a Japanese company