岩穴

Chinese

		cliff; rock	hole; cave
trad. (岩穴)		岩	穴
simp. #(岩穴)		岩	穴
alternative forms		巖穴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánxué, yánxuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄩㄝˊ, ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaam⁴ jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánxué
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánsyué
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-hsüeh²
    • Yale: yán-sywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanshyue
    • Palladius: яньсюэ (janʹsjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánxuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánsyuè
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-hsüeh⁴
    • Yale: yán-sywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanshiueh
    • Palladius: яньсюэ (janʹsjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaam⁴ jyut⁶
    • Yale: ngàahm yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaam⁴ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngam⁴ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːm²¹ jyːt̚²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 岩穴

1. (literary) cave; cavern; grotto

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 山洞 (shāndòng)
• 山空 (Hokkien)
• 山窿 (saan¹ lung¹) (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 洞穴 (dòngxué)
• 洞空 (Hokkien)
• 洞窟 (dòngkū)
• 石窟 (shíkū)
• 磅空 ( Taiwanese Hakka)
• 穴 (xué)

 

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
岩	穴
いわ Grade: 2	あな Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Noun

岩(いわ)穴(あな) • (iwaana) ^{←いはあな (ifaana)?}

1. rock cave