頭胸部

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	chest; bosom; heart chest; bosom; heart; mind; thorax	ministry; department; section ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; (a measure word); (a measure word for works of literature, films, machines, etc.)
trad. (頭胸部)		頭	胸	部
simp. (头胸部)		头	胸	部

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóuxiōngbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄒㄩㄥ ㄅㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóuxiōngbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄒㄩㄥ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóusyongbù
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-hsiung¹-pu⁴
    • Yale: tóu-syūng-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourshiongbuh
    • Palladius: тоусюнбу (tousjunbu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹/

Noun

頭胸部

1. (zoology) cephalothorax

Japanese

Kanji in this term
頭	胸	部
とう Grade: 2	きょう Grade: 6	ぶ Grade: 3
kan’on		goon

Etymology

Unclear. Either of the following:

• Combination of 頭部 (tōbu, literally “head portion”) + 胸部 (kyōbu, literally “chest portion, thorax portion”)
• Combination of 頭胸 (tōkyō, literally “head-chest, cephalothorax”) + 部 (bu, “portion, piece, part”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とーきょ​ーぶ [tòókyóꜜòbù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːkʲo̞ːbɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

頭(とう)胸(きょう)部(ぶ) • (tōkyōbu) 

1. (anatomy) cephalothorax

   Synonyms: (uncommon, dated) 頭胸 (tōkyō), (“carapace”; literally “cephalothoracic plate”) 頭胸甲 (tōkyōkō)

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
• Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN