鈍器

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See also: 钝器

Chinese

		blunt; stupid	device; tool; utensil
trad. (鈍器)		鈍	器
simp. (钝器)		钝	器

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dùnqì

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄑㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): deon⁶ hei³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dùnqì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄑㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dùncì
  - Wade–Giles: tun⁴-chʻi⁴
  - Yale: dwùn-chì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duennchih
  - Palladius: дуньци (dunʹci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: deon⁶ hei³
  - Yale: deuhn hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: doen⁶ hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: dên⁶ héi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵn²² hei̯³³/

Noun

鈍器

blunt instrument

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鈍器):

→ Japanese: 鈍(どん)器(き) (donki)
→ Korean: 둔기(鈍器) (dun'gi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鈍	器
どん Grade: S	き Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
鈍器 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

鈍 (don, “blunt”) + 器 (ki, “implement”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どんき (Atamadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

鈍(どん)器(き) • (donki)

a blunt weapon
後頭部(こうとうぶ)を鈍器(どんき)で殴(なぐ)られた
kōtōbu o donki de nagurareta
struck on the back of the head with a blunt weapon

References

^ 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

Hanja in this term
鈍	器

Noun

鈍器 • (dun'gi) (hangeul 둔기)

hanja form^? of 둔기

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