犄角

犄角

Chinese

Pronunciation 1

			horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note
trad. (犄角)		犄	角
simp. #(犄角)		犄	角
alternative forms		掎角

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jījiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ gok³

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jījiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jijiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-chiao³
    • Yale: jī-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jijeau
    • Palladius: цзицзяо (cziczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 犄角 雞腳／鸡脚

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei¹ gok³
    • Yale: gēi gok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ gok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi¹ gog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ kɔːk̚³/

Verb

犄角

1. (literary, military) to divide one's military forces into two separate groups so that one can attack on two different fronts

Derived terms

犄角之勢／犄角之势 (jījiǎo zhī shì)

Pronunciation 2

			horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note
trad. (犄角)		犄	角
simp. #(犄角)		犄	角
alternative forms		畸角

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jījiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ gok³

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jījiǎo → jījiao (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄠˇ → ㄐㄧ ˙ㄐㄧㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jijiåo
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-chiao⁵
    • Yale: jī-jyau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji.jeau
    • Palladius: цзицзяо (cziczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ d͡ʑ̥jɑʊ̯²/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 犄角 雞腳／鸡脚

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jījiǎor → jījiaor (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄠˇㄦ → ㄐㄧ ˙ㄐㄧㄠㄦ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jijiåor
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-chiaorh⁵
    • Yale: jī-jyaur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji.jeaul
    • Palladius: цзицзяор (cziczjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕjaʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ d͡ʑ̥jaʊ̯ɻʷ²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei¹ gok³
    • Yale: gēi gok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ gok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi¹ gog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ kɔːk̚³/

Noun

犄角

1. (colloquial) corner (where two sides meet)
2. (colloquial) corner (formed by two walls); nook

Synonyms

• (corner formed by two walls):

edit

壁角 (Min Nan) 把角 (bǎjiǎo) (colloquial) 拐角 (guǎijiǎo) (colloquial) 旮旯 (gālá) (dialectal Mandarin)

角落 (jiǎoluò) 圪撈撈／圪捞捞 (Jin) 牆角／墙角 (qiángjiǎo) 角落頭／角落头 (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)

Derived terms

犄角旮旯 (jījiǎogālá)

Pronunciation 3

			horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note
trad. (犄角)		犄	角
simp. #(犄角)		犄	角

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jījiao

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ˙ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ gok³

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jījiao
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ˙ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jijiåo
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-chiao⁵
    • Yale: jī-jyau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji.jiau
    • Palladius: цзицзяо (cziczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ d͡ʑ̥jɑʊ̯²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei¹ gok³
    • Yale: gēi gok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ gok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi¹ gog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ kɔːk̚³/

Noun

犄角

1. (colloquial) horn (of an animal)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 角 (“horn”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		角
Mandarin	Beijing	犄角
	Jinan	角
	Xi'an	犄角
	Wuhan	角
	Chengdu	角
	Yangzhou	角
	Hefei	角
Cantonese	Guangzhou	角
	Hong Kong	角
	Yangjiang	角
Gan	Nanchang	角
Hakka	Meixian	角
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	角
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	角
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	角
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	角
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	角
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	角
Jin	Taiyuan	角
Min Bei	Jian'ou	角
Min Dong	Fuzhou	角, 角角
Min Nan	Xiamen	角
	Chaozhou	角
Wu	Suzhou	角
	Wenzhou	角
Xiang	Changsha	角
	Shuangfeng	角