象牙

Chinese

		shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (maths)	tooth; ivory
trad. (象牙)		象	牙
simp. ^#(象牙)		象	牙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàngyá

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng⁶ ngaa⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): xiong⁵ nga⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siong-ngà
Eastern Min (BUC): chiông-ngà
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhiūⁿ-gê / chhiǔⁿ-gê / chhiōⁿ-gêe / chhiāuⁿ-gêe

(Teochew, Peng'im): cion⁶ ghê⁵
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶zhian-nga

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngyá
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàngyá
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-ya²
  - Yale: syàng-yá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqya
  - Palladius: сянъя (sjanʺja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ jä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoeng⁶ ngaa⁴
  - Yale: jeuhng ngàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ ngaa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ nga⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ²² ŋaː²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: xiong⁵ nga⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɔŋ¹¹ ŋa³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siong-ngà
  - Hakka Romanization System: xiong ngaˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiong⁴ nga²
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ⁵⁵ ŋa¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chiông-ngà
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuoŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ŋa⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiūⁿ-gê
  - Tâi-lô: tshiūnn-gê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chviuxgee
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiũ³³⁻²¹ ɡe²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiũ³³⁻¹¹ ɡe²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiũ²²⁻²¹ ɡe²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiǔⁿ-gê
  - Tâi-lô: tshiǔnn-gê
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiũ²² ɡe²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiōⁿ-gêe
  - Tâi-lô: tshiōnn-gêe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɔ̃²²⁻²¹ ɡɛ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiāuⁿ-gêe
  - Tâi-lô: tshiāunn-gêe
  - IPA (Penang): /t͡sʰiãu²¹ ɡɛ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cion⁶ ghê⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiŏⁿ gê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰĩõ³⁵⁻¹¹ ɡe⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶zhian-nga
  - MiniDict: zhian^去 nga
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxian-nga
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑiã²² ŋa⁴⁴/

Noun

象牙

elephant tusk
ivory

Derived terms

狗口長不出象牙／狗口长不出象牙
狗嘴裡吐不出象牙／狗嘴里吐不出象牙 (gǒu zuǐ lǐ tǔ bù chū xiàngyá)
象牙塔 (xiàngyátǎ)
象牙婚
象牙木
象牙海岸 (Xiàngyá Hǎi'àn)
象牙貝／象牙贝
象牙質／象牙质 (xiàngyázhì)
象牙雕

Japanese

Kanji in this term
象	牙
ぞう Grade: 5	げ Grade: S
goon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 象牙 (MC zjangX ngae, literally “elephant tusk”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぞーげ [zòógé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
(Tokyo) ぞーげ [zòógéꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡zo̞ːɡe̞]

Noun

象(ぞう)牙(げ) • (zōge) ^{←ざうげ (zauge)^?}

ivory

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
象	牙

Noun

象牙 • (sang'a) (hangeul 상아)

Hanja form^? of 상아 (“ivory”).

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[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

象牙

Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

See also

References

Korean

Noun