信号

See also: 信號

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 信号 – see 信號 (“signal; data”). (This term is the simplified form of 信號).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
信	号
しん Grade: 4	ごう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
信號 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんごー [shìńgóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋɡo̞ː]

Noun

信(しん)号(ごう) • (shingō) ^{←しんがう (singau)^?}

a signal
traffic lights

Derived terms

信(しん)号(ごう)機(き) (shingōki, “traffic lights”)
青(あお)信(しん)号(ごう) (aoshingō, “green light (of traffic lights)”)
赤(あか)信(しん)号(ごう) (akashingō, “red light (of traffic lights)”)
黄(き)信(しん)号(ごう) (kishingō, “yellow light (of traffic lights)”)
信(しん)号(ごう)波(は) (shingōha, “signal wave”)
信(しん)号(ごう)処(しょ)理(り) (shingō shori, “signal processing”)
電(でん)気(き)信(しん)号(ごう) (denki shingō, “electrical signal”)
交(こう)通(つう)信(しん)号(ごう) (kōtsū shingō, “traffic lights”)

See also

ゴーストップ (gōsutoppu)

Verb

信(しん)号(ごう)する • (shingō suru) intransitive suru (stem 信(しん)号(ごう)し (shingō shi), past 信(しん)号(ごう)した (shingō shita))

to signal; to make a signal

Conjugation

Conjugation of "信号する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	信号し	しんごうし	shingō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	信号し	しんごうし	shingō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	信号する	しんごうする	shingō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	信号する	しんごうする	shingō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	信号すれ	しんごうすれ	shingō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	信号せよ¹ 信号しろ²	しんごうせよ¹ しんごうしろ²	shingō seyo¹ shingō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	信号される	しんごうされる	shingō sareru
Causative	信号させる信号さす	しんごうさせるしんごうさす	shingō saseru shingō sasu
Potential	信号できる	しんごうできる	shingō dekiru
Volitional	信号しよう	しんごうしよう	shingō shiyō
Negative	信号しない	しんごうしない	shingō shinai
Negative continuative	信号せず	しんごうせず	shingō sezu
Formal	信号します	しんごうします	shingō shimasu
Perfective	信号した	しんごうした	shingō shita
Conjunctive	信号して	しんごうして	shingō shite
Hypothetical conditional	信号すれば	しんごうすれば	shingō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“信号”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN