鼓膜

Chinese

		convex; drum; to rouse convex; drum; to rouse; to beat	membrane; film; to prostrate
trad. (鼓膜)		鼓	膜
simp. #(鼓膜)		鼓	膜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔmó, gǔmò

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄇㄛˊ, ㄍㄨˇ ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² mok^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔmó
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄇㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔmó
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-mo²
    • Yale: gǔ-mwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guumo
    • Palladius: гумо (gumo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔmór
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄇㄛˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔmór
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-mo²-ʼrh
    • Yale: gǔ-mór
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guumol
    • Palladius: гумор (gumor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔɻ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔmò
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔmò
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-mo⁴
    • Yale: gǔ-mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guumoh
    • Palladius: гумо (gumo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² mok^6-2
    • Yale: gú mók
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² mok^9-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² mog^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ mɔːk̚²⁻³⁵/

Noun

鼓膜

1. (anatomy) eardrum; tympanic membrane

Synonyms

• 耳鼓 (ěrgǔ)
• 耳膜 (ěrmó)
• (Hakka) 耳膜仔
• (Hokkien) 耳空鬼仔, 耳鏡／耳镜

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鼓	膜
こ Grade: S	まく Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From 鼓 (ko, “drum”) +‎ 膜 (maku, “membrane”), calque of Dutch trommelvlies.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こまく [kòmákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ma̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

鼓(こ)膜(まく) • (komaku) 

1. (anatomy) eardrum, tympanic membrane (a thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and transmits sound from the air to the malleus)