Chinese

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tunnel way
trad. (隧道)
simp. #(隧道)
 
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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隧道

  1. tunnel (underground or underwater passage)
    隧道車燈隧道车灯  ―  Suìdào kāi chēdēng.  ―  Turn on headlights before entering tunnel.

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Japanese

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長尾隧道 (Nagao Zuidō): Nagao Tunnel.

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
ずい
Hyōgai
どう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ずい)(どう) (zuidō

  1. (dated) tunnel
    Synonym: トンネル (tonneru)
Usage notes
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  • トンネル (tonneru) has become the customary term, even for tunnels physically named 隧道 (zuidō) in inscriptions (as in the image on the right): 長尾トンネル (Nagao Tonneru), etc.

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
すい
Hyōgai
どう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

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Noun

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(すい)(どう) (suidō

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of 隧道 (zuidō, tunnel)

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
つい
Hyōgai
どう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

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Noun

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(つい)(どう) (tsuidō

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of 隧道 (zuidō, tunnel)

References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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隧道 (sudo) (hangeul 수도)

  1. hanja form? of 수도 (tunnel)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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隧道

  1. chữ Hán form of tuỵ đạo (tunnel).