咬筋

Chinese

		bite; nip	muscle
trad. (咬筋)		咬	筋
simp. #(咬筋)		咬	筋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎojīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎojīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎojin
    • Wade–Giles: yao³-chin¹
    • Yale: yǎu-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeaujin
    • Palladius: яоцзинь (jaoczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/

Noun

咬筋

1. masseter

Japanese

Kanji in this term
咬	筋
こう Hyōgaiji	きん Grade: 6
kan’on

Etymology

咬 (“masticating”) +‎ 筋 (“muscle”), calque of Latin massētēr

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーきん [kòókíń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) こ​ーきん [kóꜜòkìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːkʲĩɴ]

Noun

咬(こう)筋(きん) • (kōkin) 

1. a masseter