潮吹き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
潮	吹
しお Grade: 6	ふ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

潮 (shio, “seawater”) +‎ 吹き (fuki, “spouting”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 吹く (fuku, “to spout”).)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しおふ​き [shìófúꜜkì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) しおふき​ [shìófúkíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) しおふき [shìófúkí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕio̞ɸɯ̟ᵝkʲi]

Noun

潮(しお)吹(ふ)き • (shiofuki) ^{←しほふき (sifofuki)?}

1. a whale's spouting
2. (figuratively) female ejaculation

Descendants

• → Chinese: 潮吹 (cháochuī) (orthographic)