抹香鯨

See also: 抹香鲸

Chinese

		powder incense	whale
trad. (抹香鯨)		抹香	鯨
simp. (抹香鲸)		抹香	鲸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǒxiāngjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mut³ hoeng¹ king⁴, mut⁶ hoeng¹ king⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǒxiāngjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǒsiangjing
    • Wade–Giles: mo³-hsiang¹-ching¹
    • Yale: mwǒ-syāng-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mooshiangjing
    • Palladius: мосянцзин (mosjanczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mut³ hoeng¹ king⁴, mut⁶ hoeng¹ king⁴
    • Yale: mut hēung kìhng, muht hēung kìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁸ hoeng¹ king⁴, mut⁹ hoeng¹ king⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mud³ hêng¹ king⁴, mud⁶ hêng¹ king⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːt̚³ hœːŋ⁵⁵ kʰɪŋ²¹/, /muːt̚² hœːŋ⁵⁵ kʰɪŋ²¹/

Noun

抹香鯨

1. sperm whale

Japanese

Kanji in this term
抹	香	鯨
まつ > まっ Grade: S	こう Grade: 4	くじら Grade: S
goon		kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 抹香(まっこう) (makkō, “incense”) + 鯨(くじら) (kujira, “whale”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まっこーく​じら [màkkóókúꜜjìrà] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠k̚ko̞ːkɯ̟ᵝʑiɾa̠]

Noun

抹(まっ)香(こう)鯨(くじら) or 抹香鯨(マッコウクジラ) • (makkōkujira) ^{←まつかうくぢら (matukaukudira) or マツカウクヂラ (matukaukudira)?}

1. a sperm 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 マッコウクジラ.