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): ㄒㄩ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou¹ king⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xūjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • 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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• 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

1. 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])
• 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)?}

1. 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.