寒武

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (寒武)		寒	武

Etymology

Short for 寒武利亞／寒武利亚, which is orthographic borrowing from Japanese ateji of 寒武利亜(カンブリア) (Kanburia, “Cambria”), coined by Kotora Jimbo in 1891.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hánwǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon⁴ mou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hánwǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Hánwǔ
    • Wade–Giles: Han²-wu³
    • Yale: Hán-wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Harnwuu
    • Palladius: Ханьу (Xanʹu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon⁴ mou⁵
    • Yale: hòhn móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon⁴ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon⁴ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn²¹ mou̯¹³/

Proper noun

1. the Cambrian

Derived terms

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