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

(Hailu, HRS): siong^˖ nga
Eastern Min (BUC): chiông-ngà
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhiūⁿ-gê / chhiǔⁿ-gê / chhiōⁿ-gêe / chhiāuⁿ-gêe

(Teochew, Peng'im): cion⁶ ghê⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siong-ngà
  - Hakka Romanization System: xiong nga^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiong⁴ nga²
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ⁵⁵ ŋa¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: siong^˖ nga
  - Sinological IPA: /sioŋ³³ ŋa⁵⁵/
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
- (Northern: 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 (xiàngyámù)
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

Derived terms

象(ぞう)牙海(げかい)岸(がん) (Zōge Kaigan)
象牙鴎(ゾウゲカモメ) (zōge kamome)
象牙(ぞうげ)の塔(とう) (zōge no tō)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
象	牙

Noun

象牙 • (sang'a) (hangeul 상아)

hanja form^? of 상아 (“ivory”)

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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