蠑螈

See also: 蝾螈

Chinese

	phonetic
trad. (蠑螈)	蠑	螈
simp. (蝾螈)	蝾	螈
alternative forms	榮原／荣原榮蚖／荣蚖蝾蚖

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): róngyuán
(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁴ jyun⁴
Min Nan (POJ): êng-goân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: róngyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: róngyuán
  - Wade–Giles: jung²-yüan²
  - Yale: rúng-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rongyuan
  - Palladius: жунъюань (žunʺjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wing⁴ jyun⁴
  - Yale: wìhng yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁴ jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wing⁴ yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ²¹ jyːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: êng-goân
  - Tâi-lô: îng-guân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: enggoaan
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /iɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ¹³⁻²² ɡuan¹³/

Noun

蠑螈

salamander; newt

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蠑	螈
いもり
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

Etymology

The kanji are an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 蠑螈.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 蠑螈 – see the following entry.

【井守いもり】

[noun] 蠑螈: a salamandrid

[noun] Short for 赤腹井守 (akahara imori, “Japanese fire belly newt”).

[noun] (historical) a job title in the Edo period and earlier, referring to an assistant to the 井司 (ishi, literally “well boss”), both jobs in charge of aspects of the irrigation system

Alternative spellings
蠑螈, イモリ

(This term, 蠑螈, is an alternative (rare) spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
蠑	螈

Noun

蠑螈 • (yeong'won) (hangeul 영원)

Hanja form^? of 영원 (“newt”).