象牙

Chinese

		shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (math.)	tooth; ivory
simp. and trad. (象牙)		象	牙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàngyá

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng⁶ ngaa⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siong-ngà
Min Dong (BUC): chiông-ngà
Min Nan (POJ): chhiǔⁿ-gê / chhiūⁿ-gê / chhiōⁿ-gêe / chhiāuⁿ-gêe
Wu (Wiktionary): xxian nga (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiàngyá
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqya
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ i̯a̠³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoeng⁶ ngaa⁴
  - Yale: jeuhng ngàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ ngaa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ nga⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕœːŋ²² ŋɑː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siong-ngà
  - Hakka Romanization System: xiong ngaˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiong⁴ nga²
  - IPA: /ɕi̯oŋ⁵⁵ ŋa¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chiông-ngà
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuoŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ŋa⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiǔⁿ-gê
  - Tâi-lô: tshiǔnn-gê
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiũ²² ge²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiūⁿ-gê
  - Tâi-lô: tshiūnn-gê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chviuxgee
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiũ³³⁻²¹ ge²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiũ³³⁻¹¹ ge²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiũ²²⁻²¹ ge²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiōⁿ-gêe
  - Tâi-lô: tshiōnn-gêe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔ̃²²⁻²¹ gɛ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiāuⁿ-gêe
  - Tâi-lô: tshiāunn-gêe
  - IPA (Penang): /t͡ɕʰiãʊ²¹ gɛ²³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: xxian nga (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /ʑ̻iã²² ŋa̱⁴⁴/

Noun

象牙

elephant tusk
ivory

Derived terms

狗嘴裡吐不出象牙／狗嘴里吐不出象牙 (gǒuzuǐlǐ tǔbùchū xiàngyá)
象牙塔 (xiàngyátǎ)

象牙海岸 (Xiàngyá Hǎi'àn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
象	牙
ぞう Grade: 4	げ Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 象牙 (literally “elephant tusk”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) ぞーげ [zòógé] (Heiban – [0])
- (Tokyo) ぞーげ [zòógéꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
- IPA^(key): [d͡zo̞ːɡe̞]

Noun

象牙 (hiragana ぞうげ, rōmaji zōge, historical hiragana ざうげ)

ivory

Korean

Hanja in this term
象	牙

Noun

象牙 • (sang-a) (hangeul 상아)

Hanja form^? of 상아 (“ivory”).

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