信号機

See also: 信号机 and 信號機

Japanese

信号機 (shingōki): a traffic light

Kanji in this term
信	号	機
しん Grade: 4	ごう Grade: 3	き Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
信號機 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

信号 (shingō, “signal”) +‎ 機 (ki, “machine”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんごーき [shìńgóꜜòkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋɡo̞ːkʲi]

Noun

信(しん)号(ごう)機(き) • (shingōki) ^{←しんがうき (singauki)^?}

a traffic light

Derived terms

赤信号(あかしんごう) (akashingō, “red light”)
青信号(あおしんごう) (aoshingō, “green light”)
黄信号(きしんごう) (kishingō, “yellow light”)

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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