堤防

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Chinese

dike to protect; to defend; to guard (against)
simp. and trad.
(堤防) 		堤 防

Pronunciation

Noun

堤防

  1. dike; embankment; levee

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
堤 防
てい
Grade: S 		ぼう
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

/teibau/ → /teibɔː/ → /teiboː/

From Middle Chinese compound 堤防 (dei? bjang, literally “dike, embankment + dike”). Compare modern Cantonese reading tai4 fong4.

Pronunciation

Noun

堤(てい)防(ぼう) • (teibō) ←ていばう (teibau)?

  1. a levee, an embankment along a body of water, a dike
    • 1949, 豊島与志雄, 男ぎらい:
      小(ちい)さな道(みち)を行(い)き、少(すこ)しく上(あが)ると、河(かわ)の堤防(ていぼう)の上(うえ)に出(で)ます。
      Chīsana michi o iki, sukoshiku agaru to, kawa no teibō no ue ni demasu.
      If you go down the narrow path and go up a little, you'll get to the top of the river embankment.

See also

Verb

堤(てい)防(ぼう)する • (teibō suru) ←ていばう (teibau)?suru (stem 堤(てい)防(ぼう)し (teibō shi), past 堤(てい)防(ぼう)した (teibō shita))

  1. to block off with an embankment

Conjugation

Conjugation of "堤防する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 堤防し ていぼうし teibō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 堤防し ていぼうし teibō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 堤防する ていぼうする teibō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 堤防する ていぼうする teibō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 堤防すれ ていぼうすれ teibō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 堤防せよ¹
堤防しろ² 		ていぼうせよ¹
ていぼうしろ² 		teibō seyo¹
teibō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 堤防される ていぼうされる teibō sareru
Causative 堤防させる
堤防さす 		ていぼうさせる
ていぼうさす 		teibō saseru
teibō sasu
Potential 堤防できる ていぼうできる teibō dekiru
Volitional 堤防しよう ていぼうしよう teibō shiyō
Negative 堤防しない ていぼうしない teibō shinai
Negative continuative 堤防せず ていぼうせず teibō sezu
Formal 堤防します ていぼうします teibō shimasu
Perfective 堤防した ていぼうした teibō shita
Conjunctive 堤防して ていぼうして teibō shite
Hypothetical conditional 堤防すれば ていぼうすれば teibō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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