象牙

Chinese

		shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (maths)	tooth; ivory
trad. (象牙)		象	牙
simp. #(象牙)		象	牙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàngyá

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng⁶ ngaa⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): xiong⁵ nga⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siong-ngà
• Eastern Min (BUC): chiông-ngà
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhiūⁿ-gê / chhiǔⁿ-gê / chhiōⁿ-gêe / chhiāuⁿ-gêe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cion⁶ ghê⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zhian-nga

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngyá
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàngyá
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-ya²
    • Yale: syàng-yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqya
    • Palladius: сянъя (sjanʺja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ jä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng⁶ ngaa⁴
    • Yale: jeuhng ngàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ ngaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ nga⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ²² ŋaː²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: xiong⁵ nga⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɔŋ¹¹ ŋa³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siong-ngà
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiong ngaˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiong⁴ nga²
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ⁵⁵ ŋa¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiông-ngà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuoŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ŋa⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiūⁿ-gê
    • Tâi-lô: tshiūnn-gê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviuxgee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiũ³³⁻²¹ ɡe²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiũ³³⁻¹¹ ɡe²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiũ²²⁻²¹ ɡe²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiǔⁿ-gê
    • Tâi-lô: tshiǔnn-gê
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiũ²² ɡe²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiōⁿ-gêe
    • Tâi-lô: tshiōnn-gêe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɔ̃²²⁻²¹ ɡɛ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiāuⁿ-gêe
    • Tâi-lô: tshiāunn-gêe
    • IPA (Penang): /t͡sʰiãu²¹ ɡɛ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cion⁶ ghê⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiŏⁿ gê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰĩõ³⁵⁻¹¹ ɡe⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zhian-nga
    • MiniDict: zhian^去 nga
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxian-nga
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑiã²² ŋa⁴⁴/

Noun

象牙

1. elephant tusk
2. ivory

Derived terms

• 狗口長不出象牙／狗口长不出象牙
• 狗嘴裡吐不出象牙／狗嘴里吐不出象牙 (gǒu zuǐ lǐ tǔ bù chū xiàngyá)
• 象牙塔 (xiàngyátǎ)
• 象牙婚
• 象牙木
• 象牙海岸 (Xiàngyá Hǎi'àn)
• 象牙貝／象牙贝
• 象牙質／象牙质 (xiàngyázhì)
• 象牙雕

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
象	牙
ぞう Grade: 5	げ Grade: S
goon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 象牙 (MC zjangX ngae, literally “elephant tusk”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぞーげ [zòógé] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ぞーげ​ [zòógéꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zo̞ːɡe̞]

Noun

象(ぞう)牙(げ) • (zōge) ^{←ざうげ (zauge)?}

1. ivory

See also

• 象(ぞう)牙(げ)海(かい)岸(がん) (Zōge Kaigan)

Korean

Hanja in this term
象	牙

Noun

象牙 • (sang'a) (hangeul 상아)

1. Hanja form^? of 상아 (“ivory”).