足音

Chinese

		foot; to be sufficient	sound; noise; news
simp. and trad. (足音)		足	音

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zúyīn

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˊ ㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ jam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zúyīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˊ ㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zúyin
  - Wade–Giles: tsu²-yin¹
  - Yale: dzú-yīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzwuin
  - Palladius: цзуинь (czuinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³⁵ in⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zuk¹ jam¹
  - Yale: jūk yām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ jam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ yem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

足音

sound of footsteps

Japanese

Kanji in this term
足	音
あし Grade: 1	おと Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あしおと [àshíóꜜtò] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [a̠ɕio̞to̞]

Noun

足(あし)音(おと) • (ashioto)

sound of footsteps
- 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 49, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:
  奥(おく)さんは私(わたくし)の足音(あしおと)で眼(め)を覚(さ)ましたのです。
  Oku-san wa watakushi no ashioto de me o samashita no desu.
  Oku-san had woken up to the sound of my footsteps.

References

Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN