Chinese

Noun

堤防

1. dike; embankment; levee

Japanese

Etymology

/teibau/ → /teibɔː/ → /teiboː/

From Middle Chinese compound 堤防 ‎(dei? bjang, literally “dike, embankment + dike”). Compare modern Cantonese reading tai⁴ fong⁴.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) ていぼう [tèébóó] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [te̞ːbo̞ː]

Noun

堤防 ‎(hiragana ていぼう, romaji teibō, historical hiragana ていばう)

1. a levee, an embankment along a body of water, a dike
   • 1949, 豊島与志雄, 男ぎらい:

     小 (ちい)さな道 (みち)を行 (い)き、少 (すこ)しく上 (あが)ると、河 (かわ)の堤防 (ていぼう)の上 (うえ)に出 (で)ます。

     Chīsana michi o iki, sukoshiku agaru to, kawa no teibō no ue ni demasu.

     If you go down the narrow path and go up a little, you'll get to the top of the river embankment.

See also

• 盛土 (もりつち) ‎(moritsuchi), 盛土 (もりど) ‎(morido): a mound; a man-made embankment (not necessarily along a body of water), banking

Verb

堤防する ‎(hiragana ていぼうする, romaji teibō suru, historical hiragana ていばうする)

1. to block off with an embankment

Conjugation

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

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