洋灰

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Chinese

foreign ash; dust
trad. (洋灰)
simp. #(洋灰)

Pronunciation


Noun

洋灰

  1. (dialectal or dated) cement

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
よう
Grade: 3
かい
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(よう)(かい) (yōkaiやうくゎい (yaukwai)?

  1. (uncommon) cement (clarification of this definition is needed)
    • 1930, Dalian commerce and industry, Dairen shōkō geppō [Dalian monthly productivity report], page 1276:
      洋灰(ようかい)工場(こうじょう)洋灰(ようかい)()啓新(けいしん)洋灰(ようかい)凌駕(りょうが)して()り、又印刷(またいんさつ)(しゅう)ても西北印刷工場(せいほくいんさつこうじょう)印刷(いんさつ)(とも)精巧(せいこう)なる(こと)(おい)北平(ペイピン)のそれに匹敵(ひってき)する。
      Yōkai kōjō no yōkai wa mi ni Keishin no yōkai o ryōga shite-ori, mata insatsu ni shū temo Seihoku insatsu kōjō no insatsu wa tomo no seikō naru koto ni oite Peipin no sore ni hitteki suru.
      The cement produced by our cement factory exceeded cement produced in Keixin in April, and printing at Seihoku print works rivals the quality of that produced in Peiping .