原生動物

Chinese

		primordial	animal; creature; moving thing
trad. (原生動物)		原生	動物
simp. (原生动物)		原生	动物

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuánshēng dòngwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ sang¹ dung⁶ mat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuánshēng dòngwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuánsheng dòngwù
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-shêng¹ tung⁴-wu⁴
    • Yale: ywán-shēng dùng-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuansheng donqwuh
    • Palladius: юаньшэн дунъу (juanʹšɛn dunʺu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ sang¹ dung⁶ mat⁶
    • Yale: yùhn sāng duhng maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ sang¹ dung⁶ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ seng¹ dung⁶ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ²² mɐt̚²/

Noun

原生動物

1. protozoan

Synonyms

• 原蟲／原虫 (yuánchóng)
• 病原蟲／病原虫 (bìngyuánchóng)

Derived terms

• 原生動物學／原生动物学 (yuánshēng dòngwùxué)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
原	生	動	物
げん Grade: 2	せい Grade: 1	どう Grade: 3	ぶつ Grade: 3
kan'on		kan'yōon	kan'on

Etymology

Compound of 原生 (gensei, “primeval”) +‎ 動物 (dōbutsu, “animal”).

First cited to 1884.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げんせーどーぶつ [gèńséꜜèdòòbùtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ːdo̞ːbɯ̟t͡sɨ]

Noun

原(げん)生(せい)動(どう)物(ぶつ) • (gensei dōbutsu) 

1. [from 1884] protozoan

Korean

Hanja in this term
原	生	動	物

Noun

原生動物 • (wonsaengdongmul) (hangeul 원생동물)

1. hanja form^? of 원생동물 (“protozoan”)