地球物理学

See also: 地球物理學

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 地球物理学 – see 地球物理學 (“geophysics”). (This term is the simplified form of 地球物理學).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
地	球	物	理	学
ち Grade: 2	きゅう Grade: 3	ぶつ Grade: 3	り Grade: 2	がく Grade: 1
kan’on

Alternative spelling
地球物理學 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

地球 (chikyū, “globe”) +‎ 物理学 (butsurigaku, “physics”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちきゅうぶつり​がく [chìkyúú bútsúríꜜgàkù] (Nakadaka – [6])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi̥kʲɨᵝː bɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝɾʲiɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

地(ち)球(きゅう)物(ぶつ)理(り)学(がく) • (chikyū butsurigaku) ^{←ちきうぶつりがく (tikiubuturigaku)?}

1. (geology, physics) geophysics