片岩

Chinese

		a slice; piece; flake a slice; piece; flake; thin; slice; disc; sheet	cliff; rock
trad. (片岩)		片	岩
simp. ^#(片岩)		片	岩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): piànyán

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: piànyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: piànyán
  - Wade–Giles: pʻien⁴-yen²
  - Yale: pyàn-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piannyan
  - Palladius: пяньянь (pjanʹjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    片岩
    片言

Noun

片岩

(petrology) schist

Synonyms

泥板岩 (níbǎnyán)
頁岩／页岩 (yèyán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (片岩):

→ Japanese: 片岩(へんがん) (hengan)
→ Korean: 편암(片岩) (pyeonam)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
片	岩
へん Grade: 6	がん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) へんがん [héꜜǹgàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [hẽ̞ŋɡã̠ɴ]

Noun

片(へん)岩(がん) • (hengan)

(petrology) schist

Synonyms

結晶片岩(けっしょうへんがん) (kesshō hengan)

Derived terms

結晶片岩(けっしょうへんがん) (kesshō hengan, “schist”)
緑色片岩(りょくしょくへんがん) (ryokushoku hengan, “greenschist”)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
片	岩

Noun

片岩 • (pyeonam) (hangeul 편암)

hanja form^? of 편암 (“(petrology) schist”)