Japanese Word Entry

呼び出し
Kana:よびだし
Romaji:yobidashi
Definitions:
  1. call, summons, paging, curtain call

  2. usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.

  3. telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached

  4. box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)

  5. high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period)

  6. unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

Alternative forms:
  • 呼出し 【 よびだし (yobidashi) 】

  • 呼出 【 よびだし (yobidashi) 】


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Chinese characters used in this word

call, call out to, invite, breathe sigh, exhale, shout
Readings
Mandarin: ㄏㄨ (hū), ㄒㄧㄠ (xiāo), ㄒㄩ (xū), ㄏㄜˋ (hè), ㄒㄧㄚˋ (xià)
Cantonese: fu1
Japanese: コ (ko) / よ.ぶ (yobu)
Korean: 호 (ho)
Vietnamese: hô, há
Variants
Semantic variant form:

exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude, send out, stand, produce
Readings
Mandarin: ㄔㄨ (chū)
Cantonese: ceot1
Japanese: シュツ (shutsu)、 スイ (sui) / で.る (deru)、 -で (-de)、 だ.す (dasu)、 -だ.す (-dasu)、 い.でる (ideru)、 い.だす (idasu)
Korean: 출 (chul), 추 (chu)
Vietnamese: xuất, xúy