鼠海豚

Chinese

		rat; mouse	dolphin
trad. (鼠海豚)		鼠	海豚
simp. #(鼠海豚)		鼠	海豚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǔhǎitún

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ ㄏㄞˇ ㄊㄨㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǔhǎitún [Phonetic: shúhǎitún]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ ㄏㄞˇ ㄊㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǔhǎitún
    • Wade–Giles: shu³-hai³-tʻun²
    • Yale: shǔ-hǎi-twún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuuhaetwen
    • Palladius: шухайтунь (šuxajtunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu̯ən³⁵/

Noun

鼠海豚

1. harbour porpoise

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鼠	海	豚
ねずみ Hyōgai	いるか
	Grade: 2	Grade: S
kun'yomi	irregular

Alternative spelling
鼠海豚 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

鼠 (nezumi, “rat; mouse”) +‎ 海豚 (iruka, “dolphin”, jukujikun (熟字訓))

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ねずみいるか [nèzúmí íꜜrùkà] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ne̞zɨmʲi iɾɯ̟ka̠]

Noun

鼠(ねずみ)海豚(いるか) or 鼠海豚(ネズミイルカ) • (nezumiiruka) 

1. a harbour porpoise

Derived terms

• 小(コ)頭(ガシラ)鼠(ネズミ)海豚(イルカ) (kogashira nezumīruka)