座頭鯨

Chinese

		seat; base; stand seat; base; stand; measure word for large, solid things	head; (noun suffix)	whale
trad. (座頭鯨)		座	頭	鯨
simp. (座头鲸)		座	头	鲸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòtóujīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo⁶ tau⁴ king⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòtóujīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòtóujing
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-tʻou²-ching¹
    • Yale: dzwò-tóu-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohtourjing
    • Palladius: цзотоуцзин (czotouczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo⁶ tau⁴ king⁴
    • Yale: joh tàuh kìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ tau⁴ king⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo⁶ teo⁴ king⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² tʰɐu̯²¹ kʰɪŋ²¹/

Noun

座頭鯨

1. humpback whale

Japanese

Kanji in this term
座	頭	鯨
ざ Grade: 6	とう Grade: 2	くじら Grade: S
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ざとーく​じら [zàtóókúꜜjìrà] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [d͡za̠to̞ːkɯ̟ᵝʑiɾa̠]

Noun

座(ざ)頭(とう)鯨(くじら) or 座頭鯨(ザトウクジラ) • (zatōkujira) ^{←ざとうくぢら (zatoukudira) or ザトウクヂラ (zatoukudira)?}

1. a humpback whale

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ザトウクジラ.