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聴診器
ちょうしんき
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stethoscope
Chōshinki is 聴診 (chōshin, “auscultation”) plus 器 (-ki, “instrument, device”).
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In a sentence
医者は患者の胸に聴診器を当てた。
The doctor placed a stethoscope on the patient's chest.
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What Wiktionary says
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- “Compound of 聴診(ちょうしん) (chōshin, “auscultation”) + 器(き) (-ki, “instrument, device”).”
Source: Wiktionary: 聴診器 (dump of 2026-09-02), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Reading, meaning and part of speech from JMdict, and kanji readings from KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG).
What the labels mean
- 漢語 Sino-Japanese
- Words built from Chinese-derived morphemes — borrowed from Chinese or coined in Japan out of Chinese parts — read with on'yomi.
- Compound
- Two or more words or stems joined into one.