抹香鯨

See also: 抹香鲸

Chinese

		powder incense	whale
trad. (抹香鯨)		抹香	鯨
simp. (抹香鲸)		抹香	鲸

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǒxiāngjīng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄤㄐㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mut³ hoeng¹ king⁴, mut⁶ hoeng¹ king⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mǒxiāngjīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄤㄐㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mooshiangjing
  - IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mut³ hoeng¹ king⁴, mut⁶ hoeng¹ king⁴
  - Yale: mut hēung kìhng, muht hēung kìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁸ hoeng¹ king⁴, mut⁹ hoeng¹ king⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mud³ hêng¹ king⁴, mud⁶ hêng¹ king⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /muːt̚³ hœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵ kʰɪŋ²¹/, /muːt̚² hœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵ kʰɪŋ²¹/

Noun

抹香鯨

sperm whale

Japanese

Kanji in this term
抹	香	鯨
まつ > まっ Grade: S	こう Grade: S	くじら Grade: S

Etymology

抹香 (makkō, “incense”) +‎ 鯨 (kujira, “whale”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まっこーくじら [màkkóókúꜜjìrà] (Nakadaka – [5])
IPA^(key): [ma̠k̚ko̞ːkɯ̟ᵝʑiɾa̠]

Noun

抹香鯨 (hiragana まっこうくじら, katakana マッコウクジラ, rōmaji makkōkujira, historical hiragana まつかうくぢら, historical katakana マツカウクヂラ)

a sperm whale

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