穿山甲

穿山甲

Chinese

		to bore through; pierce; perforate to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate; pass through; to dress; to wear; to put on; to thread	mountain; hill	1st heavenly stem; armor; shell
simp. and trad. (穿山甲)		穿	山	甲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuānshānjiǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢ ㄕㄢ ㄐㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun¹ saan¹ gaap³
• Min Dong (BUC): chiŏng-săng-gák
• Min Nan (POJ): chhoan-san-kah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chuānshānjiǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢ ㄕㄢ ㄐㄧㄚˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuanshanjea
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun¹ saan¹ gaap³
    • Yale: chyūn sāan gaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn¹ saan¹ gaap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun¹ san¹ gab³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰyːn⁵⁵ säːn⁵⁵ käːp̚³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiŏng-săng-gák
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuoŋ⁵⁵⁻²¹ ^(s-)naŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ŋɑʔ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoan-san-kah
    • Tâi-lô: tshuan-san-kah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoansankaq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴⁻²² kaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuan³³ san³³ kaʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴⁻²² kaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴⁻³³ kaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴⁻³³ kaʔ³²/

Noun

穿山甲

1. pangolin
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) pangolin scales

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 穿山甲 (“pangolin”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鯪鯉, 龍鯉
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		穿山甲, 鯪鯉
Taxonomic name		穿山甲
Mandarin	Beijing	穿山甲
	Taiwan	穿山甲
	Guiyang	穿山甲
	Liuzhou	穿山甲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	穿山甲
	Hong Kong	穿山甲
	Dongguan	穿山甲
Gan	Nanchang	穿山甲
	Lichuan	穿山甲, 關穿
	Pingxiang	鱗鱗甲
Hakka	Meixian	鰱鯉
	Xingning	鰱鯉
	Huidong (Daling)	過山甲
	Qujiang	鰱鯉
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	甲鱗
	Changting	鰱鯉
	Pingyu	鰱鯉
	Wuping	鰱鯉
	Liancheng	鰱鯉
	Ninghua	鰱鯉
	Yudu	鱗甲
	Ruijin	鱗鯉
	Shicheng	鰱鯉
	Shangyou	鱗甲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鰱鯉
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	鰱鯉
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	鰱鯉
	Dongshi (Dabu)	鰱鯉
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	鰱鯉
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	鰱鯉
	Singkawang	鰱鯉
Min Dong	Fuzhou	鯪鯉
	Changle	鯪鯉
	Fuqing	鯪鯉
	Yongtai	鯪鯉
	Gutian	鯪鯉
	Fu'an	鯪鯉
	Ningde	鯪鯉
	Shouning	鯪鯉
	Zhouning	鯪鯉
	Fuding	鯪鯉
Min Nan	Xiamen	鯪鯉, 步山虎
	Quanzhou	鯪鯉
	Zhangzhou	鯪鯉
	Taipei	鯪鯉
	Kaohsiung	鯪鯉
	Yilan	鯪鯉
	Penang	鯪鯉
	Singapore	鯪鯉
	Chaozhou	鯪鯉
	Shantou	鯪鯉
	Haikou	鱗鯉鱗
	Leizhou	羅鯉鱗
Puxian Min	Putian	鯪鯉
	Xianyou	鯪鯉
Pinghua	Nanning	穿山甲

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (穿山甲):

• → Japanese: 穿 (セン)山 (ザン)甲 (コウ) (senzankō)
• → Korean: 천산갑 (穿山甲, cheonsan-gap)

Others:

• → Vietnamese: xuyên sơn

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
穿	山	甲
せん Jinmeiyō	さん > ざん Grade: 1	こう Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) せんざ​んこー [sèńzáꜜǹkòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA^(key): [sẽ̞nd͡zã̠ŋko̞ː]

Noun

穿山甲 (hiragana せんざんこう, katakana センザンコウ, rōmaji senzankō, historical hiragana せんざんかふ, historical katakana センザンカフ)

1. a pangolin

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Korean

Hanja in this term
穿	山	甲

Noun

穿山甲 • (cheonsan-gap) (hangeul 천산갑)

1. Hanja form^? of 천산갑 (“pangolin”).