抹香鯨

See also: 抹香鲸

Chinese

		powder incense	whale
trad. (抹香鯨)		抹香	鯨
simp. (抹香鲸)		抹香	鲸

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǒxiāngjīng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄤㄐㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mut³ hoeng¹ king⁴ / mut⁶ hoeng¹ king⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǒxiāngjīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄤㄐㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǒsiangjing
  - Wade–Giles: mo³-hsiang¹-ching¹
  - Yale: mwǒ-syāng-jīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mooshiangjing
  - Palladius: мосянцзин (mosjanczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mut³ hoeng¹ king⁴ / mut⁶ hoeng¹ king⁴
  - Yale: mut hēung kìhng / muht hēung kìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁸ hoeng¹ king⁴ / mut⁹ hoeng¹ king⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mud³ hêng¹ king⁴ / mud⁶ hêng¹ king⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːt̚³ hœːŋ⁵⁵ kʰɪŋ²¹/, /muːt̚² hœːŋ⁵⁵ kʰɪŋ²¹/

Noun

抹香鯨

sperm whale

Japanese

Kanji in this term
抹	香	鯨
まつ > まっ Grade: S	こう Grade: 4	くじら Grade: S
goon		kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 抹香(まっこう) (makkō, “incense”) + 鯨(くじら) (kujira, “whale”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まっこーくじら [màkkóókúꜜjìrà] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ma̠k̚ko̞ːkɯ̟ʑiɾa̠]

Noun

抹(まっ)香(こう)鯨(くじら) or 抹香鯨(マッコウクジラ) • (makkōkujira) ^{←まつかうくぢら (matukaukudira) or マツカウクヂラ (matukaukudira)^?}

a sperm 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 マッコウクジラ (makkōkujira).

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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