自然淘汰

Chinese

		nature; the natural world; natural nature; the natural world; natural; of or relating to nature	to rinse; to wash away
trad. (自然淘汰)		自然	淘汰
simp. #(自然淘汰)		自然	淘汰

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 自然淘汰(しぜんとうた) (shizentōta).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìrán táotài

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄊㄠˊ ㄊㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ jin⁴ tou⁴ taai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chū-jiân tô-thài / chū-liân tô-thài / chīr-jiân tô-thài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìrán táotài
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄊㄠˊ ㄊㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhrán táotài
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-jan² tʻao²-tʻai⁴
    • Yale: dz̀-rán táu-tài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhran taurtay
    • Palladius: цзыжань таотай (czyžanʹ taotaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʐän³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ jin⁴ tou⁴ taai³
    • Yale: jih yìhn tòuh taai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ jin⁴ tou⁴ taai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ yin⁴ tou⁴ tai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² jiːn²¹ tʰou̯²¹ tʰaːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-jiân tô-thài
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-jiân tô-thài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxjieen doi'taix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ ziɛn²³⁻³³ tɤ²³⁻³³ tʰai²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-liân tô-thài
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-liân tô-thài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxlieen doi'taix
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ to²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰai¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-jiân tô-thài
    • Tâi-lô: tsīr-jiân tô-thài
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² d͡ziɛn²⁴⁻²² to²⁴⁻²² tʰai⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 自然淘汰

1. natural selection

Synonyms

• 自然選擇／自然选择 (zìrán xuǎnzé)
• 天擇／天择 (tiānzé)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
自	然	淘	汰
し Grade: 2	ぜん Grade: 4	とう Hyōgaiji	た Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

自然 natural + 淘汰 selection

Noun

自(し)然(ぜん)淘(とう)汰(た) • (shizentōta) 

1. natural selection

Synonyms

• 自然選択(しぜんせんたく) (shizensentaku)

Related terms

• 進化(しんか) (shinka): evolution
• ダーウィニズム (dāwinizumu): Darwinism
• 適者生存(てきしゃせいぞん) (tekishaseizon): survival of the fittest

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
• Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN