冗句

Chinese

		extraneous	(a measure word, for sentences or lines of verse); sentence
simp. and trad. (冗句)		冗	句

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rǒngjù

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˇ ㄐㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rǒngjù
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˇ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rǒngjyù
    • Wade–Giles: jung³-chü⁴
    • Yale: rǔng-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roongjiuh
    • Palladius: жунцзюй (žunczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵¹/

Noun

冗句

1. superfluous sentences

Japanese

Kanji in this term
冗	句
じょう Grade: S	く Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょ​ーく [jóꜜòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːkɯ̟ᵝ]

Etymology 1

Noun

冗(じょう)句(く) • (jōku) 

1. superfluous sentences

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English joke.

Noun

冗(じょう)句(く) or 冗句(ジョーク) • (jōku) 

1. Alternative spelling of ジョーク