研究所

研究所

Chinese

		to research; to study; to deliberate to research; to study; to deliberate; to discuss; to investigate	actually; place; (nominalisation prefix)
simp. and trad. (研究所)		研究	所

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánjiūsuǒ, yánjiùsuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄡ ㄙㄨㄛˇ, ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ gau³ so²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiên-kiu-só / ngiân-kiu-só
• Min Nan (POJ): gián-kiù-só͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: yánjiūsuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄡ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanjiousuuo
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: yánjiùsuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanjiowsuuo
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ gau³ so²
    • Yale: yìhn gau só
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ gau³ so²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ geo³ so²
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ kɐu̯³³ sɔː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiên-kiu-só
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngien´ giu so`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian<sup>1</sup> giu<sup>4</sup> so<sup>3</sup>
    • IPA: /ɲi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯u⁵⁵ so³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiân-kiu-só
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngian´ giu so`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian¹ giu⁴ so³
    • IPA: /ɲi̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯u⁵⁵ so³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gián-kiù-só͘
    • Tâi-lô: gián-kiù-sóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giefnkiuosor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /giɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu²¹⁻⁵³ sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /giɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /giɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu²¹⁻⁵³ sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /giɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu¹¹⁻⁵³ sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /giɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiu²¹⁻⁴¹ sɔ⁴¹/

Noun

研究所

1. research institute (Classifier: 家 m; 個／个 m; 間／间 c)

   衝突研究所 / 冲突研究所  ―  chōngtū yánjiūsuǒ  ―  The Institute for the Study of Conflict

2. graduate school (Classifier: 家 m; 個／个 m; 間／间 c)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
研	究	所
けん Grade: 3	きゅう Grade: 3	しょ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 研究 (kenkyū, “research”) +‎ 所 (sho, “place”).

Sometimes read with rendaku on the sho portion, as kenkyūjo.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) けんきゅうしょ [kèńkyúúshó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ŋʲkʲɨᵝːɕo̞]

Noun

研究所 (hiragana けんきゅうしょ, rōmaji kenkyūsho, alternative reading けんきゅうじょ, rōmaji kenkyūjo)

1. research institute
2. laboratory

Synonyms

• (laboratory): ラボ (rabo), ラボラトリー (raboratorī)

References

• 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan