堆積岩

See also: 堆积岩

Chinese

		to pile up; to heap up	cliff; rock
trad. (堆積岩)		堆積	岩
simp. (堆积岩)		堆积	岩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duījīyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄟ ㄐㄧ ㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duījīyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟ ㄐㄧ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dueijiyán
    • Wade–Giles: tui¹-chi¹-yen²
    • Yale: dwēi-jī-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dueijiyan
    • Palladius: дуйцзиянь (dujczijanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/

Noun

堆積岩

1. sedimentary rock

Japanese

堆積岩 (taisekigan): a sandstone formation showing the striations common in sedimentary rock.

Kanji in this term
堆	積	岩
たい Grade: S	せき Grade: 4	がん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 堆積 (taiseki, “accumulation, sedimentation”) +‎ 岩 (gan, “rock”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たいせき​がん [tàísékíꜜgàǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ise̞kʲiɡã̠ɴ]

Noun

堆(たい)積(せき)岩(がん) • (taisekigan) 

1. sedimentary rock

Coordinate terms

• 火成岩(かせいがん) (kaseigan): igneous rock
• 変成岩(へんせいがん) (henseigan): metamorphic rock