夜蛾

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yè'é

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄜˊ

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• 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

1. 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])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠ɡa̠]

Noun

夜(や)蛾(が) or 夜蛾(ヤガ) • (yaga) 

1. an owlet moth