鈴木

See also: 铃木

Chinese

		(small) bell	tree; wood
trad. (鈴木)		鈴	木
simp. (铃木)		铃	木

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Língmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ muk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Língmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Língmù
    • Wade–Giles: Ling²-mu⁴
    • Yale: Líng-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lingmuh
    • Palladius: Линму (Linmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ muk⁶
    • Yale: lìhng muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ mʊk̚²/

Proper noun

鈴木

1. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 鈴木, Suzuki

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鈴	木
すず Grade: S	き Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 鈴(すず) (suzu, “bell”) + 木(き) (ki, “tree”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) すずき [sùzúkí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝzɨᵝkʲi]

• Homophone: 鱸

Proper noun

鈴(すず)木(き) • (Suzuki) 

1. 鈴木, スズキ: a surname: the 2nd most common surname in Japan.

   Coordinate terms: 佐藤 (Satō), 高橋 (Takahashi), 渡辺 (Watanabe), 田中 (Tanaka)

2. Suzuki (neighborhoods in Japan):
   1. A neighborhood of Ami, Ibaraki Prefecture.
   2. A neighborhood of Kawasaki, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture.
   3. A neighborhood of Kodaira, Tokyo prefecture.

Usage notes

• This is an example of a word that can be spelled with katakana to convey an informal conversational tone, as スズキ.

Descendants

• → Chinese: 鈴木／铃木 (Língmù)
• → English: Suzuki
• → French: Suzuki
• → Portuguese: Suzuki