蜻蜓
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蜻蜓
Chinese
| dragonfly | dragonfly | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (蜻蜓) | 蜻 | 蜓 | |
| simp. #(蜻蜓) | 蜻 | 蜓 | |
| alternative forms | 蜻蜒 misspelling | ||
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Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “looks like there's some sort of reduplication”)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qin1 tin2
- Cantonese (Jyutping): cing1 ting4
- Eastern Min (BUC): chĭng-dìng
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-thêng
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 1shin-din6; 1chin-din6 / 1sin-din2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cingtíng
- Wade–Giles: chʻing1-tʻing2
- Yale: chīng-tíng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingtyng
- Palladius: цинтин (cintin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ tʰiŋ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: qin1 tin2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kintin
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ tʰin²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cing1 ting4
- Yale: chīng tìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsing1 ting4
- Guangdong Romanization: qing1 ting4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: chĭng-dìng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵ (t-)niŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-thêng
- Tâi-lô: tshing-thîng
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhengteeng
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ tʰiɪŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɪŋ¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: tsheng deng
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*sʰleːŋ l'eːŋ/
Noun
蜻蜓
Synonyms
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蜻 | 蜓 |
| Hyōgai | Hyōgai |
| irregular | |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蜻 | 蜓 |
| せい Hyōgai |
てい Hyōgai |
| kan'on | |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
Etymology 3
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蜻 | 蜓 |
| Hyōgai | Hyōgai |
| irregular | |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
蜻蜓 or 蜻蜓 • (tonbo) or 蜻蜓 or 蜻蜓 • (tonbō) (used by Bashō)
- Alternative spelling of 蜻蛉
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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN