藍鯨

Chinese

		blue; indigo plant; surname	whale
trad. (藍鯨)		藍	鯨
simp. (蓝鲸)		蓝	鲸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lánjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laam⁴ king⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lánjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lánjing
    • Wade–Giles: lan²-ching¹
    • Yale: lán-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanjing
    • Palladius: ланьцзин (lanʹczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /län³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laam⁴ king⁴
    • Yale: làahm kìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laam⁴ king⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lam⁴ king⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːm²¹ kʰɪŋ²¹/

Noun

藍鯨

1. blue whale
2. (humorous) Nanjing (as spoken by someone speaking a Chinese dialect with n-l initial merger)