大理岩

Chinese

		Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture	cliff; rock
simp. and trad. (大理岩)		大理	岩

Etymology

See 大理石 (dàlǐshí).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàlǐyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ lei⁵ ngaam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàlǐyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàlǐyán
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-li³-yen²
    • Yale: dà-lǐ-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahliiyan
    • Palladius: далиянь (dalijanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ lei⁵ ngaam⁴
    • Yale: daaih léih ngàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ lei⁵ ngaam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ léi⁵ ngam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² lei̯¹³ ŋaːm²¹/

Noun

大理岩

1. (geology) marble

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 大理石 (“marble”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		大理岩, 大理石
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	大理石
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雲石
	Hong Kong	雲石
	Taishan	雲石
	Kaiping (Chikan)	雲石
	Dongguan	雲石
Gan	Nanchang	大理石
Hakka	Meixian	大理石, 雲石
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	雲石
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	大理石
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	大理石
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	大理石
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	大理石
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	大理石
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	大理石
Southern Min	Xiamen	石石, 大理石
	Quanzhou	石石, 大理石
	Jinjiang	石石
	Zhangzhou	石石, 大理石
	Taipei	大理石 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	雲石
	Manila (Hokkien)	石石
	Shantou	大理石, 雲石
	Singapore (Teochew)	雲石
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	大理石, 雲石
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)