洞穴

洞穴

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòngxué, dòngxuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ, ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ jyut⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): tōng-hia̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: dòngxué
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqshyue
    • IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ ɕɥ̯œ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: dòngxuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqshiueh
    • IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕɥ̯œ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung⁶ jyut⁶
    • Yale: duhng yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶ yud⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² jyːt̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (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

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山洞 (shāndòng) 山窿 (Hakka) 岩穴 (yánxué) (literary)

洞空 (Min Nan) 洞窟 (dòngkū) 石窟 (shíkū)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• ほら穴

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ho̞ɾa̠ːna̠]

Noun

洞穴 (hiragana ほらあな, rōmaji horaana)

1. cave

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [do̞ːke̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

洞穴 (hiragana どうけつ, rōmaji dōketsu)

1. cave

Synonyms

• 洞窟 (どうくつ) (dōkutsu)