脊索動物

Chinese

		notochord	animal; creature; moving thing
trad. (脊索動物)		脊索	動物
simp. (脊索动物)		脊索	动物

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐsuǒ dòngwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zek³ sok³ dung⁶ mat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐsuǒ dòngwù [Phonetic: jísuǒdòngwù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐsuǒ dòngwù
    • Wade–Giles: chi³-so³ tung⁴-wu⁴
    • Yale: jǐ-swǒ dùng-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiisuoo donqwuh
    • Palladius: цзисо дунъу (cziso dunʺu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zek³ sok³ dung⁶ mat⁶
    • Yale: jek sok duhng maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzek⁸ sok⁸ dung⁶ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zég³ sog³ dung⁶ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛːk̚³ sɔːk̚³ tʊŋ²² mɐt̚²/

Noun

脊索動物

1. (zoology) chordate

Japanese

Kanji in this term
脊	索	動	物
せき Grade: S	さく Grade: S	どう Grade: 3	ぶつ Grade: 3
kan’on		kan’yōon	kan’on

Etymology

脊(せき)索(さく) (sekisaku, “notochord”) + 動(どう)物(ぶつ) (dōbutsu, “animal”); calque of translingual Chordata, from Latin chorda (“cord, string”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せきさくど​ーぶつ [sèkísákúdóꜜòbùtsù] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [se̞kʲisa̠kɯ̟ᵝdo̞ːbɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

脊(せき)索(さく)動(どう)物(ぶつ) • (sekisaku dōbutsu) 

1. (zoology) chordate

Derived terms

• 脊(せき)索(さく)動(どう)物(ぶつ)門(もん) (sekisaku dōbutsu-mon, “phylum Chordata”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
脊	索	動	物

Noun

脊索動物 • (cheoksakdongmul) (hangeul 척삭동물)

1. Hanja form^? of 척삭동물.