鯨油

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See also: 鲸油

Chinese

		whale	oil; sly
trad. (鯨油)		鯨	油
simp. (鲸油)		鲸	油

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīngyóu

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): king⁴ jau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīngyóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jingyóu
  - Wade–Giles: ching¹-yu²
  - Yale: jīng-yóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingyou
  - Palladius: цзинъю (czinʺju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    精油
    經由／经由
    鯨油／鲸油
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: king⁴ jau⁴
  - Yale: kìhng yàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: king⁴ jau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: king⁴ yeo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪŋ²¹ jɐu̯²¹/

Noun

鯨油

whale oil

Japanese

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

鯨油

Kanji in this term
鯨	油
げい Grade: S	ゆ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) げーゆ (Heiban – )^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

鯨(げい)油(ゆ) • (geiyu)

whale oil

References

^ 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

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