音叉

Chinese

		sound; noise; news	to cross; be stuck; to diverge to cross; be stuck; to diverge; to open (as legs); fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect
simp. and trad. (音叉)		音	叉

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīnchā

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣㄔㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ caa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīnchā
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣㄔㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yincha
  - Wade–Giles: yin¹-chʻa¹
  - Yale: yīn-chā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: incha
  - Palladius: иньча (inʹča)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jam¹ caa¹
  - Yale: yām chā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ tsaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ ca¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰaː⁵⁵/

Noun

音叉

tuning fork

Japanese

Kanji in this term
音	叉
おん Grade: 1	さ Jinmeiyō
goon	kan'on

Etymology

音 (“sound”) +‎ 叉 (“fork”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おんさ [óꜜǹsà] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [õ̞ɰ̃sa̠]

Noun

音(おん)叉(さ) • (onsa)

(music) a tuning fork