擬態

See also: 拟态

Chinese

		plan to	appearance; state; attitude appearance; state; attitude; (linguistics) voice
trad. (擬態)		擬	態
simp. (拟态)		拟	态

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nǐtài

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ ㄊㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ taai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nǐtài
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ ㄊㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nǐtài
  - Wade–Giles: ni³-tʻai⁴
  - Yale: nǐ-tài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niitay
  - Palladius: нитай (nitaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ji⁵ taai³
  - Yale: yíh taai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ taai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ tai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ tʰaːi̯³³/
  - Homophones:
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    擬態 / 拟态

Noun

擬態

(zoology) mimicry

Japanese

Kanji in this term
擬	態
ぎ Grade: S	たい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぎたい [gìtáí] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɡʲita̠i]

Noun

擬(ぎ)態(たい) • (gitai)

mimicry
- 1994 July 16, Isao Takahata, 平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ [Heisei Raccoon Dog War Ponpoko], spoken by Oroku (Nijiko Kiyokawa), Toho:
  
  程(てい)度(ど)の低(ひく)いものは「擬(ぎ)態(たい)」と呼(よ)ばれ、カメレオンなんぞにもできるが、「化(ば)け学(がく)」はオラたち以(い)外(がい)では、キツネと一(いち)部(ぶ)のネコしか身(み)につけておらん‼
  Teido no hikui mono wa “gitai” to yobare, kamereon nanzo ni mo dekiru ga,“bakegaku” wa ora-tachi igai de wa, kitsune to ichibu no neko shika mi ni tsuketeoran‼
  Those lesser kinds like chameleons can make use of “mimicry”, but beside us, only foxes and a few cats can master “metamorphism”‼
- 1999 September 23, “スネーク・パーム [Snake Palm]”, in Vol.5, Konami:
  
  多(おお)くのヘビが集(あつ)まり擬(ぎ)態(たい)している。近(ちか)づくとバラバラになり襲(おそ)いかかる。
  Ōku no hebi ga atsumari gitai shiteiru. Chikazuku to barabara ni nari osoikakaru.
  It is actually several snakes tangled together in disguise. They break off to attack anyone nearby.