頁岩

See also: 页岩

Chinese

		page; leaf	cliff; rock
trad. (頁岩)		頁	岩
simp. (页岩)		页	岩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yèyán

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jip⁶ ngaam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yèyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yèyán
  - Wade–Giles: yeh⁴-yen²
  - Yale: yè-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehyan
  - Palladius: еянь (jejanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jip⁶ ngaam⁴
  - Yale: yihp ngàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jip⁹ ngaam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yib⁶ ngam⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːp̚² ŋaːm²¹/

Noun

頁岩

schist; shale

Synonyms

泥板岩 (níbǎnyán)
片岩 (piànyán)

Derived terms

頁岩氣 / 页岩气 (yèyánqì)
頁岩油 / 页岩油 (yèyányóu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
頁	岩
けつ Jinmeiyō	がん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 頁岩 (ɦet̚ ŋˠam).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けつがん [kètsúꜜgàǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ke̞t͡sɨɡã̠ɴ]

Noun

頁(けつ)岩(がん) • (ketsugan)

shale

Synonyms

泥板岩(でいばんがん) (deibangan)

Derived terms

含油頁岩(がんゆけつがん) (gan'yu ketsugan, “oil shale”)
頁岩油(けつがんゆ) (ketsugan'yu, “shale oil”)
石油頁岩(せきゆけつがん) (sekiyu ketsugan, “oil shale”)
油頁岩(ゆけつがん) (yuketsugan, “oil shale”)
油母頁岩(ゆぼけつがん) (yubo ketsugan, “oil shale”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
頁	岩

Noun

頁岩 • (hyeoram) (hangeul 혈암)

hanja form^? of 혈암 (“shale”)