岩石

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See also: 巖石

Chinese

		cliff; rock	rock; stone; 10 pecks
simp. and trad. (岩石)		岩	石

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yánshí

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaam⁴ sek⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gâm-chio̍h / giâm-chio̍h

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngam⁵ ziêh⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yánshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yánshíh
  - Wade–Giles: yen²-shih²
  - Yale: yán-shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanshyr
  - Palladius: яньши (janʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    岩石
    巖石／岩石
    延時／延时
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ngaam⁴ sek⁶
  - Yale: ngàahm sehk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaam⁴ sek⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngam⁴ ség⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːm²¹ sɛːk̚²/
  - Homophones:
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    ^edit
    岩石
    巖石／岩石
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gâm-chio̍h
  - Tâi-lô: gâm-tsio̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gamcioih
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sioʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡam²³⁻³³ t͡siɤʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡam²⁴⁻²² t͡sioʔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giâm-chio̍h
  - Tâi-lô: giâm-tsio̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giamcioih
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sioʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiam¹³⁻²² t͡sioʔ¹²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngam⁵ ziêh⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngâm tsie̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sieʔ⁴/

Noun

岩石

rock
Alternative form of 巖石／岩石 (yánshí, “big and tall piece of rock”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
岩	石
がん Grade: 2	せき Grade: 1
kan’on

岩石 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) がんせき (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

岩(がん)石(せき) • (ganseki)

rock (natural mineral aggregate)
- 1999 March 18, “ウォー・アース [War Earth]”, in Starter(スターター) Box(ボックス), Konami:
  
  岩(がん)石(せき)が集(あつ)まってできたゴーレム。相(あい)手(て)を石(せき)化(か)して破(は)壊(かい)する。
  Ganseki ga atsumatte dekita gōremu. Aite o sekika shite hakai suru.
  A golem assembled from rocks. It petrifies and destroys its opponents.
- 2000 July 13, “ストーンジャイアント [Stone Giant]”, in Pharaoh’s Servant －ファラオのしもべ－, Konami:
  
  巨(きょ)大(だい)な岩(いわ)が積(つ)み重(かさ)なってできている、岩(がん)石(せき)の巨(きょ)人(じん)。
  Kyodai na iwa ga tsumikasanatte dekiteiru, ganseki no kyojin.
  A stone giant assembled from gigantic rocks.

References

^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
岩	石

Noun

岩石

chữ Hán form of nham thạch (“lava rock”).

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