鼠海豚

Chinese

		rat; mouse	dolphin
trad. (鼠海豚)		鼠	海豚
simp. ^#(鼠海豚)		鼠	海豚

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǔhǎitún

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ ㄏㄞˇ ㄊㄨㄣˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǔhǎitún [Phonetic: shúhǎitún]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ ㄏㄞˇ ㄊㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǔhǎitún
  - Wade–Giles: shu³-hai³-tʻun²
  - Yale: shǔ-hǎi-twún
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuuhaetwen
  - Palladius: шухайтунь (šuxajtunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu̯ən³⁵/

Noun

鼠海豚

harbour porpoise

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鼠	海	豚
ねずみ Hyōgai	いるか
ねずみ Hyōgai	Grade: 2	Grade: S
kun'yomi	jukujikun

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

鼠 (nezumi, “rat; mouse”) +‎ 海豚 (iruka, “dolphin”, jukujikun (熟字訓))

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ねずみいるか [nèzúmí íꜜrùkà] (Nakadaka – [4])
IPA^(key): [ne̞zɨmʲi iɾɯ̟ka̠]

Noun

鼠(ねずみ)海豚(いるか) or 鼠海豚(ネズミイルカ) • (nezumiiruka)

a harbour porpoise

Derived terms

小(コ)頭(ガシラ)鼠(ネズミ)海豚(イルカ) (kogashira nezumīruka)