青信号
See also: 靑信號
Japanese
editKanji in this term | ||
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青 | 信 | 号 |
あお Grade: 1 |
しん Grade: 4 |
ごう Grade: 3 |
kun'yomi | on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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靑信號 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
edit青 (ao, “blue”) + 信号 (shingō, “signal”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- a green traffic light, a green light (abbr. 青), green signal
Usage notes
editThis is literally blue signal which leads Japanese speakers of English to say "blue signal" when they mean green light more often than not.
Coordinate terms
edit- 赤信号 (akashingō, “red light”)
- 黄信号 (kishingō, “yellow light”)
See also
edit- 信号機 (shingōki, “traffic light, the signalling device”)
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 青 read as あお
- Japanese terms spelled with 信 read as しん
- Japanese terms spelled with 号 read as ごう
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji