山羊

Chinese

		mountain; hill	caprid
simp. and trad. (山羊)		山	羊

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shānyáng
(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ joeng⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sân-yòng
Min Dong (BUC): săng-iòng
Min Nan (POJ): soaⁿ-iûⁿ / soaⁿ-iôⁿ
Wu (Wiktionary): se hhian (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: shānyáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢㄧㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanyang
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ i̯ɑŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    山羊
    山陽／山阳
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: saan¹ joeng⁴
  - Yale: sāan yèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ joeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: san¹ yêng⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /säːn⁵⁵ jœ̽ːŋ²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    山羊
    山陽／山阳
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sân-yòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: san´ iongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: san¹ yong²
  - IPA: /san²⁴ i̯oŋ¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sân-yòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: san´ (r)iongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: san¹ yong²
  - IPA: /san²⁴ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: săng-iòng
  - IPA ^(key): /saŋ⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋyoŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soaⁿ-iûⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: suann-iûnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svoa'viuu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /suã⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /suã³³ iũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /suã⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /suã⁴⁴⁻²² iũ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soaⁿ-iôⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: suann-iônn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svoa'viooi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suã⁴⁴⁻²² iɔ̃¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: se hhian (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /se̞⁵⁵ ɦiã²¹/

Noun

山羊

goat (animal) (Classifier: 隻／只)

Synonyms

羊 (yáng)

Derived terms

山羊鬍子／山羊胡子 (shānyáng húzi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	羊
Grade: 1	Grade: 3
Irregular

Alternative forms

野羊

Etymology

The kanji, from 山 (“mountain”) +‎ 羊 (“sheep”), is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) やぎ [yáꜜgì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [ja̠ɡʲi]

Noun

山羊 (hiragana やぎ, katakana ヤギ, rōmaji yagi)

a goat (animal)
- 2000 April 20, “深ふかき森もりの長ちょう老ろう [Elder of the Deep Woods]”, in Magic Ruler －魔法の支配者－, Konami:
  昔 (むかし)から森 (もり)に住 (す)んでいる白 (しろ)ヤギ。真 (しん)の姿 (すがた)は森 (もり)の長 (ちょう)老 (ろう)。
  Mukashi kara mori ni sundeiru shiroyagi. Shin no sugata wa Mori no Chōrō.
  A white goat who has dwelt in the woods since ancient times. Its true color is an Elder of the Woods.

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
山	羊

Noun

山羊 • (sanyang) (hangeul 산양)

Hanja form^? of 산양 (“long-tailed goral”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
山	羊

Noun

山羊

Hán tự form of sơn dương (“chamois”).

[NHK-1] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN