被爆者

Chinese

		by (marker for passive-voice sentences or clauses); quilt; blanket by (marker for passive-voice sentences or clauses); quilt; blanket; to cover; to wear	to crack; to explode or burst	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth)
trad. (被爆者)		被	爆	者
simp. #(被爆者)		被	爆	者

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 被爆者 (hibakusha).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèibàozhě

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄅㄠˋ ㄓㄜˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèibàozhě
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄅㄠˋ ㄓㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèibàojhě
    • Wade–Giles: pei⁴-pao⁴-chê³
    • Yale: bèi-bàu-jě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beybawjee
    • Palladius: бэйбаочжэ (bɛjbaočžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

被爆者

1. hibakusha

Japanese

Kanji in this term
被	爆	者
ひ Grade: S	ばく Grade: S	しゃ Grade: 3
kan’on	kan’yōon	on’yomi

Alternative spellings
被爆者 (kyūjitai) 被曝者

FWOTD – 6 August 2015

Etymology

From 被爆 (hibaku, “act of being bombed”) +‎ 者 (-sha, “person”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひば​くしゃ [hìbáꜜkùshà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) ひばく​しゃ [hìbákúꜜshà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [çiba̠kɯ̟̊ᵝɕa̠]

Noun

被(ひ)爆(ばく)者(しゃ) • (hibakusha) 

1. a person who was bombed (attacked by a bomb or bombs)
2. (specifically) hibakusha

Usage notes

Modern usage is generally restricted to the specific sense of someone who experienced the atomic bombings of Hiroshima or Nagasaki.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:被爆者.

Descendants

• Chinese:
  • → Mandarin: 被爆者 (bèibàozhě)
• → English: hibakusha
• → Portuguese: hibakusha