珊瑚礁

Chinese

		coral	reef; shoal rock
trad. (珊瑚礁)		珊瑚	礁
simp. #(珊瑚礁)		珊瑚	礁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shānhújiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄏㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ wu⁴ ziu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sān-ô͘-chiau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shānhújiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄏㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shanhújiao
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹-hu²-chiao¹
    • Yale: shān-hú-jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanhwujiau
    • Palladius: шаньхуцзяо (šanʹxuczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ xu³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: saan¹ wu⁴ ziu¹
    • Yale: sāan wùh jīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ wu⁴ dziu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹ wu⁴ jiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵ wuː²¹ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 山胡椒 珊瑚礁

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sān-ô͘-chiau
    • Tâi-lô: sān-ôo-tsiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: saxn'ociaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /san²²⁻²¹ ɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /san⁴¹⁻²² ɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡siau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /san²²⁻²¹ ɔ¹³⁻²² t͡siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /san³³⁻¹¹ ɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /san³³⁻²¹ ɔ²³⁻³³ t͡siau⁴⁴/

Noun

珊瑚礁

1. coral reef

Japanese

珊瑚礁 (sango shō): an atoll formed from a coral reef

Kanji in this term
珊	瑚	礁
さん Jinmeiyō	ご Jinmeiyō	しょう Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
サンゴ礁 (often used)

Etymology

Compound of 珊瑚 (sango, “coral”) +‎ 礁 (shō, “reef”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さんごしょー [sàńgóꜜ shòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [sã̠ŋɡo̞ ɕo̞ː]

Noun

珊(さん)瑚(ご)礁(しょう) • (sango shō) ^{←さんごせう (sangoseu)?}

1. a coral reef

Usage notes

As with many biology terms, the sango part is more commonly written in katakana, as サンゴ. However, due to the large number of homophones in Japanese, dictionaries will often list such terms under the kanji spelling for disambiguation purposes.

Korean

Hanja in this term
珊	瑚	礁

Noun

珊瑚礁 • (sanhocho) (hangeul 산호초)

1. hanja form^? of 산호초 (“coral reef”)