棒読み

棒読み

Japanese

Kanji in this term
棒	読
ぼう Grade: 6	よ Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi

Alternative spelling
棒讀み (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literally "stick reading".

Pronunciation

• Jūbakoyomi
• (Tokyo) ぼーよみ [bòóyómí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [bo̞ːjo̞mʲi]

Noun

棒(ぼう)読(よ)み • (bōyomi) 

1. reading in a monotone voice
2. reading Classical Chinese text by the Chinese word order, ignoring the kaeriten

Derived terms

• (棒(ぼう)) ((bō))

Descendants

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 棒讀／棒读 (bàngdú)

References

1. Kyōsuke Kindaichi et al. (eds.) (1974), 三省堂国語辞典 (Sanseidō Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō