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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
地下室
- basement; cellar (floor below ground level)
Synonyms
- 地窨子 (dìyìnzi) (colloquial)
- 窟室 (kūshì) (Classical Chinese)
- (Cantonese) 地牢 (dei6 lou4), (Hong Kong) 地庫/地库 (dei6 fu3)
Japanese
Etymology
地下 (chika, “underground”) + 室 (shitsu, “room”).
Pronunciation
Noun
地下室 • (chikashitsu)
- basement, cellar (floor below ground level)
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
Noun
地下室 • (jihasil) (hangeul 지하실)
- hanja form? of 지하실 (“basement, cellar”)