消防署

Chinese

		to prevent and fight fire	office; bureau
trad. (消防署)		消防	署
simp. #(消防署)		消防	署

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāofángshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄈㄤˊ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ fong⁴ cyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāofángshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄈㄤˊ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaofángshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-fang²-shu³
    • Yale: syāu-fáng-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaufarngshuu
    • Palladius: сяофаншу (sjaofanšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ fɑŋ³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ fong⁴ cyu⁵
    • Yale: sīu fòhng chyúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ fong⁴ tsy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ fong⁴ qu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ fɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʰyː¹³/

Noun

消防署

1. (firefighting) fire station; fire department; firehouse

Japanese

消防署 (shōbōsho): a fire station.

Kanji in this term
消	防	署
しょう Grade: 3	ぼう Grade: 5	しょ Grade: 6
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
消防署 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 消防(しょうぼう) (shōbō, “fire fighting”) + 署(しょ) (-sho, “station, office”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょーぼーしょ [shòóbóóshóꜜ] (Odaka – [5])
• (Tokyo) しょーぼーしょ [shòóbóóshó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːbo̞ːɕo̞]

Noun

消(しょう)防(ぼう)署(しょ) • (shōbōsho) ^{←せうばうしよ (seubausyo)?}

1. (firefighting) fire station, fire department, firehouse
   • 2015 September 14, Kaori Shoji, “When disaster strikes in Japan, keep calm and carry a diaper”, in The Japan Times‎^[1] (in English), retrieved 11 April 2023:

     The local shōbōsho (消防署, fire station) usually sends someone over to talk about the emergency backpack [...]

Korean

Hanja in this term
消	防	署

Noun

消防署 • (sobangseo) (hangeul 소방서)

1. hanja form^? of 소방서 (“fire station, fire department, firehouse”)