片岩

片岩

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piànyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: piànyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piannyan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piànyán
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰjɛn˥˩ jɛn˧˥/
    • Homophones:

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Noun

片岩

1. (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)

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) へ​んがん [héꜜǹgàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [hẽ̞ŋɡã̠ɴ]

Noun

片岩 (hiragana へんがん, rōmaji hengan)

1. (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

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
片	岩

Noun

片岩 • (pyeonam) (hangeul 편암)

1. Hanja form^? of 편암 (“(petrology) schist”).