消波塊

Chinese

		consume; news; subside consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish	wave; (Cantonese) ball	piece; chunk; lump piece; chunk; lump; (a measure word, for cloth, cake, soap); (measure word for chunks, lumps); yuan (unit of currency); fast (of a watch); swift; rapid; happy; joyful; soon; quick
trad. (消波塊)		消	波	塊
simp. (消波块)		消	波	块

Etymology

Calque of Japanese 消波ブロック.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāobōkuài

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄅㄛ ㄎㄨㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāobōkuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄅㄛ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaobokuài
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-po¹-kʻuai⁴
    • Yale: syāu-bwō-kwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaubokuay
    • Palladius: сяобокуай (sjaobokuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

消波塊

1. tetrapod (a concrete structure used in breakwaters to absorb and reduce the energy of waves, such as along a shoreline)

Synonyms

• (Taiwanese Hokkien) 肉粽角 (ròuzòngjiǎo)
• (Taiwan, humorous) 中部粽 (zhōngbùzòng)