擬態

See also: 拟态

Chinese

		plan to	appearance; state; attitude appearance; state; attitude; (linguistics) voice
trad. (擬態)		擬	態
simp. (拟态)		拟	态

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nǐtài

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ ㄊㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ taai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: nǐtài
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ ㄊㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niitay
  - IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: ji⁵ taai³
  - Yale: yíh taai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ taai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ tai³
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ tʰäːi̯³³/
  - Homophones:
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    擬態／拟态

Noun

擬態

(zoology) mimicry

Japanese

Kanji in this term
擬	態
ぎ Grade: S	たい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) ぎたい [gìtáí] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [ɡʲita̠i]

Noun

擬態 (hiragana ぎたい, rōmaji gitai)

mimicry
- 1994 July 16, Nijiko Kiyokawa as Oroku, 平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ [Heisei Raccoon Dog War Ponpoko], written by Isao Takahata, Toho:
  
  程 (てい)度 (ど)の低 (ひく)いものは「擬 (ぎ)態 (たい)」と呼 (よ)ばれ、カメレオンなんぞにもできるが、「化 (ば)け学 (がく)」はオラたち以 (い)外 (がい)では、キツネと一 (いち)部 (ぶ)のネコしか身 (み)につけておらん‼
  Teido no hikui mono wa “gitai” to yobare, kamereon nanzo ni mo dekiru ga, “bakegaku” wa ora-tachi igai de wa, kitsune to ichibu no neko shika mi ni tsuketeoran‼
  Those lesser kinds like chameleons can make use of “mimicry”, but beside us, only foxes and a few cats can master “metamorphism”‼
- 1999 September 23, “スネーク・パーム [Snake Palm]”, in Vol.5, Konami:
  
  多 (おお)くのヘビが集 (あつ)まり擬 (ぎ)態 (たい)している。近 (ちか)づくとバラバラになり襲 (おそ)いかかる。
  Ōku no hebi ga atsumari gitai shiteiru. Chikazuku to barabara ni nari osoikakaru.
  It is actually several snakes tangled together in disguise. They break off to attack anyone nearby.

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