象牙質

Chinese

		elephant tusk; ivory	hostage; substance; nature hostage; substance; nature; quality
trad. (象牙質)		象牙	質
simp. (象牙质)		象牙	质

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàngyázhì, xiàngyázhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄚˊ ㄓˋ, ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄚˊ ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng⁶ ngaa⁴ zat¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): cion⁶ ghê⁵ zioh⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngyázhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄚˊ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàngyájhìh
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-ya²-chih⁴
    • Yale: syàng-yá-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqyajyh
    • Palladius: сянъячжи (sjanʺjačži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ jä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngyázhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄚˊ ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàngyájhíh
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-ya²-chih²
    • Yale: syàng-yá-jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqyajyr
    • Palladius: сянъячжи (sjanʺjačži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ jä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng⁶ ngaa⁴ zat¹
    • Yale: jeuhng ngàh jāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ ngaa⁴ dzat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ nga⁴ zed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ²² ŋaː²¹ t͡sɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cion⁶ ghê⁵ zioh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiŏⁿ gê tsioh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰĩõ³⁵⁻¹¹ ɡe⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sioʔ²/

Noun

象牙質

1. dentin

Synonyms

• 牙本質／牙本质 (yáběnzhì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
象	牙	質
ぞう Grade: 5	げ Grade: S	しつ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

From 象牙 (zōge, “ivory”) +‎ 質 (-shitsu, “substance”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぞーげ​しつ [zòógéꜜshìtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zo̞ːɡe̞ɕi̥t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

象(ぞう)牙(げ)質(しつ) • (zōgeshitsu) ^{←ざうげしつ (zaugesitu)?}

1. dentin

   Synonym: 歯質 (shishitsu)