洞穴

Chinese

		cave; hole	hole; cave
trad. (洞穴)		洞	穴
simp. #(洞穴)		洞	穴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòngxué, dòngxuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ, ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ jyut⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōng-hia̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòngxué
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòngsyué
    • Wade–Giles: tung⁴-hsüeh²
    • Yale: dùng-sywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqshyue
    • Palladius: дунсюэ (dunsjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòngxuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòngsyuè
    • Wade–Giles: tung⁴-hsüeh⁴
    • Yale: dùng-sywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqshiueh
    • Palladius: дунсюэ (dunsjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung⁶ jyut⁶
    • Yale: duhng yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² jyːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōng-hia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tōng-hia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doxnghiat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hiɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² hiɛt̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hiɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hiɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hiɛt̚⁴/

Noun

洞穴

1. cave; cavern; grotto

Synonyms

• 山洞 (shāndòng)
• 山空 (Hokkien)
• 山窿 (saan¹ lung¹) (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 岩穴 (yánxué) (literary)
• 洞空 (Hokkien)
• 洞窟 (dòngkū)
• 石窟 (shíkū)
• 磅空 ( Taiwanese Hakka)
• 穴 (xué)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
洞	穴
ほら Grade: S	あな Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
ほら穴

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほらあな [hòrááná] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ɾa̠ːna̠]

Noun

洞(ほら)穴(あな) • (horaana) 

1. cave

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
洞	穴
どう Grade: S	けつ Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どーけつ [dòókétsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [do̞ːke̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

洞(どう)穴(けつ) • (dōketsu) 

1. cave

Synonyms

• 洞窟(どうくつ) (dōkutsu)