玄武岩

Chinese

		the Black Turtle, a Chinese constellation making up one of the Four Symbols of Chinese astronomy.	cliff; rock
simp. and trad. (玄武岩)		玄武	岩

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 玄(げん)武(ぶ)岩(がん) (genbugan).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuánwǔyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄨˇ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ mou⁵ ngaam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiân-bú-giâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuánwǔyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄨˇ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuánwǔyán
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²-wu³-yen²
    • Yale: sywán-wǔ-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanwuuyan
    • Palladius: сюаньуянь (sjuanʹujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ mou⁵ ngaam⁴
    • Yale: yùhn móuh ngàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ mou⁵ ngaam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ mou⁵ ngam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ mou̯¹³ ŋaːm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân-bú-giâm
    • Tâi-lô: hiân-bú-giâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hienbw'giaam
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiam²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡiam²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn¹³⁻²² bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiam¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiam²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²³⁻³³ bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡiam²³/

Noun

玄武岩

1. (mineralogy) basalt

Japanese

Kanji in this term
玄	武	岩
げん Grade: S	ぶ Grade: 5	がん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Coined by Bunjiro Koto in 1884. Named after the Genbu Cave in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げんぶがん [gèńbúꜜgàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞mbɯ̟ɡã̠ɴ]

Noun

玄(げん)武(ぶ)岩(がん) • (genbugan) 

1. basalt, basalt rock, whinstone