捕鯨

See also: 捕鲸

Chinese

		to catch; to seize; to capture	whale
trad. (捕鯨)		捕	鯨
simp. (捕鲸)		捕	鲸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǔjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ king⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǔjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǔjing
    • Wade–Giles: pu³-ching¹
    • Yale: bǔ-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buujing
    • Palladius: буцзин (buczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou⁶ king⁴
    • Yale: bouh kìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ king⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ king⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² kʰɪŋ²¹/

Verb

捕鯨

1. to hunt for whales; to whale

   很多國家禁止捕鯨。 [MSC, trad.]
   很多国家禁止捕鲸。 [MSC, simp.]

   Hěn duō guójiā jìnzhǐ bǔjīng. [Pinyin]

   Many countries have banned whaling.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
捕	鯨
ほ Grade: S	げい Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほげー [hògéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ɡe̞ː]

Noun

捕(ほ)鯨(げい) • (hogei) ^{←ほげい (fogei)?}

1. whaling
2. (slang) Kankichi Ryotsu, and Shingo Katori who played him (from live-action TV series of KochiKame)

References

• “捕鯨”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025