居酒屋

Chinese

		reside	alcoholic drink	house; room
trad. (居酒屋)		居	酒	屋
simp. #(居酒屋)		居	酒	屋

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 居(い)酒(ざか)屋(や) (izakaya).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jūjiǔwū

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi¹ zau² uk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jūjiǔwū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyujiǒuwu
    • Wade–Giles: chü¹-chiu³-wu¹
    • Yale: jyū-jyǒu-wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiujeouu
    • Palladius: цзюйцзюу (czjujczjuu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi¹ zau² uk¹
    • Yale: gēui jáu ūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey¹ dzau² uk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu¹ zeo² ug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ ʊk̚⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 居酒屋

1. izakaya (Japanese bar that serves alcoholic beverages and food)

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Japanese

居酒屋 (izakaya): the red lantern typically hung by the door of an izakaya.

Kanji in this term
居	酒	屋
い Grade: 5	さか > ざか Grade: 3	や Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 居 (i, “being in a place, sitting in a place”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 居る iru “to be (for animate subjects)”) +‎ 酒 (saka, “sake, liquor, alcoholic beverage”) +‎ 屋 (ya, “house, store, building”). The saka changes to zaka as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

居(い)酒(ざか)屋(や) • (izakaya) ^{←ゐざかや (wizakaya)?}

1. An izakaya: a Japanese bar or pub that serves alcoholic beverages and also sells snacks; a type of Japanese drinking establishment which also serves food to accompany the drinks. They are popular, casual places for after-work drinking.

Synonyms

• 酒場(さかば) (sakaba)
• 飲(の)み屋(や) (nomiya)
• バー (bā)
• パブ (pabu)
• スナック (sunakku)

See also

• Thesaurus:レストラン