胸毛

胸毛

Chinese

		chest; bosom; heart chest; bosom; heart; mind; thorax	hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
simp. and trad. (胸毛)		胸	毛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiōngmáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥ ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ mou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiōngmáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiongmau
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ mou⁴
    • Yale: hūng mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ mou⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ mou̯²¹/

Noun

胸毛

1. chest hair

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
胸	毛
むな Grade: 6	け > げ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 胸 (muna, “chest”) +‎ 毛 (ke, “hair”).[1][2] The ke changes to ge as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) むなげ [mùnágé] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝna̠ɡe̞]

Noun

胸毛 (hiragana むなげ, rōmaji munage)

1. chest hair

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN