座頭鯨

Chinese

		seat; base; stand seat; base; stand; measure word for large, solid things	head; (noun suffix)	whale
trad. (座頭鯨)		座	頭	鯨
simp. (座头鲸)		座	头	鲸

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuòtóujīng

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zo⁶ tau⁴ king⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuòtóujīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuòtóujing
  - Wade–Giles: tso⁴-tʻou²-ching¹
  - Yale: dzwò-tóu-jīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohtourjing
  - Palladius: цзотоуцзин (czotouczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zo⁶ tau⁴ king⁴
  - Yale: joh tàuh kìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ tau⁴ king⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zo⁶ teo⁴ king⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² tʰɐu̯²¹ kʰɪŋ²¹/

Noun

座頭鯨

humpback whale

Japanese

Kanji in this term
座	頭	鯨
ざ Grade: 6	とう Grade: 2	くじら Grade: S
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ざとーくじら [zàtóókúꜜjìrà] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡za̠to̞ːkɯ̟ᵝʑiɾa̠]

Noun

座(ざ)頭(とう)鯨(くじら) or 座頭鯨(ザトウクジラ) • (zatōkujira) ^{←ざとうくぢら (zatoukudira) or ザトウクヂラ (zatoukudira)^?}

a humpback whale

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ザトウクジラ.

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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