象牙塔

Chinese

		elephant tusk; ivory	pagoda; tower
trad. (象牙塔)		象牙	塔
simp. #(象牙塔)		象牙	塔

Etymology

Calque of English ivory tower, or another Western language.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàngyátǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄚˊ ㄊㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng⁶ ngaa⁴ taap³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): cion⁶ ghê⁵ tah⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngyátǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄚˊ ㄊㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàngyátǎ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-ya²-tʻa³
    • Yale: syàng-yá-tǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqyataa
    • Palladius: сянъята (sjanʺjata)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ jä³⁵ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng⁶ ngaa⁴ taap³
    • Yale: jeuhng ngàh taap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ ngaa⁴ taap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ nga⁴ tab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ²² ŋaː²¹ tʰaːp̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cion⁶ ghê⁵ tah⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiŏⁿ gê thah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰĩõ³⁵⁻¹¹ ɡe⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰaʔ²/

Note: cion6 ghê5 tah4 - Shantou.

Noun

象牙塔

1. (idiomatic) ivory tower

Synonyms

• 象牙之塔

Korean

Hanja in this term
象	牙	塔

Noun

象牙塔 • (sang'atap) (hangeul 상아탑)

1. Hanja form^? of 상아탑 (“(idiomatic) university”).