夜蛾

Chinese

		night	moth
simp. and trad. (夜蛾)		夜	蛾

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yè'é

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄜˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yè'é
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yè-é
  - Wade–Giles: yeh⁴-o²
  - Yale: yè-é
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeher
  - Palladius: еэ (jee)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ ˀɤ³⁵/

Noun

夜蛾

owlet moth

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夜	蛾
や Grade: 2	が Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

From 夜 (ya, “night”) +‎ 蛾 (ga, “moth”). Compare New Latin Noctuidae (“owlet moths”), Latin noctua (“owl”) and Latin nox (“night”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やが [yáꜜgà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [ja̠ɡa̠]

Noun

夜(や)蛾(が) or 夜蛾(ヤガ) • (yaga)

an owlet moth

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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