象牙

Chinese

		shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (math.)	tooth; ivory
trad. (象牙)		象	牙
simp. ^#(象牙)		象	牙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàngyá

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng⁶ ngaa⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): xiong⁵ nga⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siong-ngà
Min Dong (BUC): chiông-ngà
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chhiǔⁿ-gê / chhiūⁿ-gê / chhiōⁿ-gêe / chhiāuⁿ-gêe

(Teochew, Peng'im): cion⁶ ghê⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): ³xxian-nga

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngyá
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàngyá
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-ya²
  - Yale: syàng-yá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqya
  - Palladius: сянъя (sjanʺja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑŋ⁵¹ jä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoeng⁶ ngaa⁴
  - Yale: jeuhng ngàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ ngaa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ nga⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃœːŋ²² ŋaː²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: xiong⁵ nga⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɔŋ¹¹ ŋa³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siong-ngà
  - Hakka Romanization System: xiong ngaˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiong⁴ nga²
  - Sinological IPA: /ɕi̯oŋ⁵⁵ ŋa¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chiông-ngà
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuoŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ŋa⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiǔⁿ-gê
  - Tâi-lô: tshiǔnn-gê
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiũ²² ɡe²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiūⁿ-gê
  - Tâi-lô: tshiūnn-gê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chviuxgee
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiũ²²⁻²¹ ɡe²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiũ³³⁻¹¹ ɡe²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiũ³³⁻²¹ ɡe²³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiōⁿ-gêe
  - Tâi-lô: tshiōnn-gêe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔ̃²²⁻²¹ ɡɛ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiāuⁿ-gêe
  - Tâi-lô: tshiāunn-gêe
  - IPA (Penang): /t͡ɕʰiãu²¹ ɡɛ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cion⁶ ghê⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiŏⁿ gê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰĩõ³⁵⁻¹¹ ɡe⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ³xxian-nga
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʑ̥iã²² ŋa̱⁴⁴/

Noun

象牙

elephant tusk
ivory

Derived terms

象牙塔 (xiàngyátǎ)
象牙婚
象牙木
象牙海岸 (Xiàngyá Hǎi'àn)
象牙雕

狗口長不出象牙／狗口长不出象牙
狗嘴裡吐不出象牙／狗嘴里吐不出象牙 (gǒu zuǐ lǐ tǔ bù chū xiàngyá)
象牙貝／象牙贝
象牙質／象牙质 (xiàngyázhì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
象	牙
ぞう Grade: 5	げ Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 象牙 (xiàngyá, literally “elephant tusk”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon

(Tokyo) ぞーげ [zòógé] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) ぞーげ [zòógéꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [d͡zo̞ːɡe̞]

Noun

象(ぞう)牙(げ) • (zōge) ^{←ざうげ (zauge)^?}

ivory

Korean

Hanja in this term
象	牙

Noun

象牙 • (sang'a) (hangeul 상아)

Hanja form^? of 상아 (“ivory”).

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象牙

Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

See also

Korean

Noun