破屋

Chinese

		to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	house; room
simp. and trad. (破屋)		破	屋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pòwū

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pòwū
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pòwu
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo⁴-wu¹
    • Yale: pwò-wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohu
    • Palladius: по’у (po’u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ u⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pòwūr
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄨㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pòwur
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo⁴-wu¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: pwò-wūr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohul
    • Palladius: по’ур (po’ur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ uɻʷ⁵⁵/

Noun

破屋

1. dilapidated house; ramshackle house

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
破	屋
は Grade: 5	おく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Probably ultimately from Middle Chinese 破屋 (MC phaH 'uwk, literally “broken down, worn out + house”).

First appears in the mid-1300s.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はおく [hàókú] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) は​おく [háꜜòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠o̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

破(は)屋(おく) • (haoku) ^{←はをく (fawoku)?}

1. a tumbledown, ramshackle house, especially one that has been abandoned

   Synonyms: (“abandoned house”) 廃屋 (haioku), (“abandoned house”) 廃家 (haika)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
破	屋
やぶ(れ) Grade: 5	や Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
破れ屋 (less common) 破れ家 (less common)

Compound of 破れ (yabure, “breaking down, falling apart”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 破れる (yabureru, “to break down, to fall apart”)) +‎ 屋 (ya, “house, building”).

First appears in the late 1100s.

This reading may be falling into disuse. Not listed in some dictionaries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja̠bɯ̟ᵝɾe̞ja̠]

Noun

破(やぶれ)屋(や) • (yabureya) 

1. a tumbledown, squalid house

   Synonym: (“dilapidated house, shack, hut”; “home”, as a humble reference to one's own dwelling) 荒屋 (abaraya)