鬚鯨

See also: 须鲸

Chinese

		beard; moustache	whale
trad. (鬚鯨)		鬚	鯨
simp. (须鲸)		须	鲸
anagram		鯨鬚／鲸须

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xūjīng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄐㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sou¹ king⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xūjīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄐㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syujing
  - Wade–Giles: hsü¹-ching¹
  - Yale: syū-jīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiujing
  - Palladius: сюйцзин (sjujczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    虛驚／虚惊
    鬚鯨／须鲸
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sou¹ king⁴
  - Yale: sōu kìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sou¹ king⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sou¹ king⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯⁵⁵ kʰɪŋ²¹/

Noun

鬚鯨

baleen whale

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鬚	鯨
ひげ Hyōgaiji	くじら Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 鬚 (hige, “beard”) +‎ 鯨 (kujira, “whale”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひげくじら [hìgékúꜜjìrà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [çiɡe̞kɯ̟ᵝʑiɾa̠]

Noun

鬚(ひげ)鯨(くじら) or 鬚鯨(ヒゲクジラ) • (higekujira) ^{←ひげくぢら (figekudira)^?}

a baleen whale

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヒゲクジラ.

References

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

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