象鼻

Chinese

		shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (maths)	nose
trad. (象鼻)		象	鼻
simp. #(象鼻)		象	鼻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàngbí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄅㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng⁶ bei⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): xiong⁴ pi⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): cion⁶ pin⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngbí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄅㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàngbí
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-pi²
    • Yale: syàng-bí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqbyi
    • Palladius: сянби (sjanbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ pi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng⁶ bei⁶
    • Yale: jeuhng beih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ bei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ béi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ²² pei̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xiong⁴ pi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /siɔŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ pʰi⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cion⁶ pin⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiŏⁿ phīⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰĩõ³⁵⁻¹¹ pʰĩ¹¹/

Noun

象鼻

1. elephant's trunk; proboscis

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 象鼻 (“elephant's trunk”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		象鼻
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	象鼻
Mandarin	Singapore	象鼻
Cantonese	Guangzhou	象拔
	Hong Kong	象鼻
Hakka	Meixian	象鼻
Southern Min	Shantou	象鼻