蜥蜴
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Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (蜥蜴) |
蜥 | 蜴 | |
| alternative forms | 蜥易 | ||
Etymology
Dimunitive reduplication (Sun, 1999).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sik1 jik6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sit-thit
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sek-e̍k
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siyì
- Wade–Giles: hsi1-i4
- Yale: syī-yì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiyih
- Palladius: сии (sii)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵ i⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sik1 jik6
- Yale: sīk yihk
- Cantonese Pinyin: sik7 jik9
- Guangdong Romanization: xig1 yig6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɪk̚⁵ jɪk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sit-thit
- Hakka Romanization System: xidˋ tidˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: xid5 tid5
- Sinological IPA: /sit̚² tʰit̚²/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-e̍k
- Tâi-lô: sik-i̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: sek'ek
- IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ iɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Middle Chinese: sek yek
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*seːɡ leɡ/
Noun
蜥蜴
Synonyms
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蜥 | 蜴 |
| とかげ | |
| Hyōgai | Hyōgai |
| jukujikun | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 石竜子 蝘蜓 蜥蝪 戸陰 |
Etymology
Likely a compound of 戸 (to, “door”) + 陰 (kage, “shadow”), possibly from the notion that the lizards live in the shade of doors, or that they live in shadow, especially when indoors,[1] or are thought to be crawling on doors and their dark coloring can be mistaken for their shadow. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Alternatively, perhaps from 疾隠 (toku kakure “quickly hiding”) or 敏駆 (tokake “nimble runner”).[1]
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 蜥蜴 (xīyì).
Pronunciation
Noun
- a skink (lizard of family Scincidae)
- Synonym: スキンク (sukinku)
- (by extension) any lizard
- Synonym: リザード (rizādo)
- 1999 July 22, “鎧蜥蜴 [Armor Lizard]”, in Vol.4, Konami:
- かたい体のトカゲ。大きな口で噛みつかれたら、ひとたまりもないぞ。
- Katai karada no tokage. Ōkina kuchi de kamitsukaretara, hitotamari mo nai zo.
- A lizard with a hard body. He bites off things easily with his huge mouth.
- かたい体のトカゲ。大きな口で噛みつかれたら、ひとたまりもないぞ。
- 1999 July 22, “古代のトカゲ戦士 [Ancient Lizard Warrior]”, in Vol.4, Konami:
- 太古の、昔の姿そのままのトカゲの戦士。意外に強いぞ。
- Taiko no, mukashi no sugata sono mama no tokage no senshi. Igai ni tsuyoi zo.
- This lizard warrior looks as ancient as he ever has since time immemorial. He is also surprisingly strong.
- 太古の、昔の姿そのままのトカゲの戦士。意外に強いぞ。
- 2000 April 1, “ワイバーンの戦士 [Wyvern Warrior]”, in LIMITED EDITION 2, Konami:
- 剣技にすぐれたトカゲ人間。音の速さで剣をふるう。
- Kengi ni sugureta tokage ningen. Oto no hayasa de ken o furuu.
- A lizard man who excels at swordsmanship. He swings his sword at sound speed.
- 剣技にすぐれたトカゲ人間。音の速さで剣をふるう。
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 蜥蜴色 (tokage-iro)
- とかげ座, 蜥蜴座 (Tokage-za, “Lacerta”)
- 青蜥蜴 (ao tokage)
- 足無蜥蜴 (ashinashi tokage)
- 海蜥蜴 (umi tokage)
- 襟巻蜥蜴 (erimaki tokage, “frilled lizard”)
- 大蜥蜴 (ōtokage, “monitor lizard”)
- 木登蜥蜴 (kinobori tokage, “Japalura polygonata”)
- 角蜥蜴 (tsuno tokage, “horned lizard”)
- 毒蜥蜴 (doku tokage, “lizard of genus Heloderma”)
- 飛蜥蜴 (tobi tokage, “flying dragon”)
- 蚯蚓蜥蜴 (mimizu tokage, “worm lizard”)
- 昔蜥蜴 (mukashi tokage, “tuatara”)
- ヒトカゲ (Hitokage, “Charmander”)
Idioms
- 蜥蜴の尻尾切り (tokage no shippokiri, “passing the buck to a subordinate”)
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN