筑波

Chinese

		build; five-string lute	wave; (Cantonese) ball
trad. (筑波)		筑	波
simp. #(筑波)		筑	波

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 筑波(つくば) (Tsukuba).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhùbō, Zhúbō

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ ㄅㄛ, ㄓㄨˊ ㄅㄛ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhùbō
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ ㄅㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhùbo
    • Wade–Giles: chu⁴-po¹
    • Yale: jù-bwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juhbo
    • Palladius: чжубо (čžubo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhúbō
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄅㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhúbo
    • Wade–Giles: chu²-po¹
    • Yale: jú-bwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwubo
    • Palladius: чжубо (čžubo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

筑波

1. (～市) Tsukuba (a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan)

Usage notes

筑 is not the simplified form of 築.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
筑	波
つく Jinmeiyō	は > ば Grade: 3
on'yomi

Proper noun

筑(つく)波(ば) • (Tsukuba) 

1. A place name which is often found in Ibaraki Prefecture, such as with the city of Tsukuba.