羚羊

羚羊

Chinese

		antelope	caprid
trad. (羚羊)		羚	羊
simp. #(羚羊)		羚	羊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língyáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ joeng⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lìn-yòng
• Min Dong (BUC): lìng-iòng
• Min Nan (POJ): lêng-iông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: língyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingyang
    • IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ i̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ joeng⁴
    • Yale: lìhng yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ yêng⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ jœ̽ːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìn-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: linˇ iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lin² yong²
    • IPA: /lin¹¹ i̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìn-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: linˇ (r)iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lin² yong²
    • IPA: /lin¹¹ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lìng-iòng
    • IPA ^(key): /l̃iŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(Ø-)ŋyoŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-iông
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-iông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leng'ioong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² iɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ iɔŋ²³/

Noun

羚羊

1. antelope (Classifier: 隻／只)

Derived terms

藏羚羊 (zànglíngyáng)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
羚	羊
れい Jinmeiyō	よう Grade: 3
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 羚羊.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) れーよー [rèéyóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːjo̞ː]

Noun

羚羊 (hiragana れいよう, katakana レイヨウ, rōmaji reiyō, historical hiragana れいやう)

1. antelope

Derived terms

• 麒 (き)麟 (りん)羚 (れい)羊 (よう) (kirinreiyō, “gerenuk”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
羚	羊
Jinmeiyō	Grade: 3
Irregular

Jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) かもしか [kàmóshíká] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) かも​しか [kàmóꜜshìkà] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠mo̞ɕi̥ka̠]

Noun

羚羊 (hiragana かもしか, katakana カモシカ, rōmaji kamoshika)

1. Alternative spelling of 氈鹿 (“serow”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
羚	羊

Noun

羚羊 • (yeong-yang) (hangeul 영양)

1. Hanja form^? of 영양 (“antelope”).