玄武岩

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Chinese

		the Black Turtle, a Chinese constellation making up one of the Four Symbols of Chinese astronomy.	cliff; rock
simp. and trad. (玄武岩)		玄武	岩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuánwǔyán

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄨˇ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ mou⁵ ngaam⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiân-bú-giâm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuánwǔyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄨˇ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuánwǔyán
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan²-wu³-yen²
  - Yale: sywán-wǔ-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanwuuyan
  - Palladius: сюаньуянь (sjuanʹujanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ mou⁵ ngaam⁴
  - Yale: yùhn móuh ngàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ mou⁵ ngaam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ mou⁵ ngam⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ mou̯¹³ ŋaːm²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân-bú-giâm
  - Tâi-lô: hiân-bú-giâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hienbw'giaam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiam²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡiam²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn¹³⁻²² bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiam¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiam²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²³⁻³³ bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡiam²³/

Noun

玄武岩

basalt

Japanese

Kanji in this term
玄	武	岩
げん Grade: S	ぶ Grade: 5	がん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

玄(げん)武(ぶ)岩(がん) • (genbugan)

basalt, basalt rock, whinstone

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