音叉

Chinese

		sound; noise; news	to cross; be stuck; to diverge to cross; be stuck; to diverge; to open (as legs); fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect
simp. and trad. (音叉)		音	叉

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnchā

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄔㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ caa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnchā
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄔㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yincha
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-chʻa¹
    • Yale: yīn-chā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: incha
    • Palladius: иньча (inʹča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹ caa¹
    • Yale: yām chā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ tsaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ ca¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰaː⁵⁵/

Noun

音叉

1. tuning fork

Japanese

Kanji in this term
音	叉
おん Grade: 1	さ Jinmeiyō
goon	kan’on

Etymology

音 (“sound”) +‎ 叉 (“fork”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) お​んさ [óꜜǹsà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [õ̞ɰ̃sa̠]

Noun

音(おん)叉(さ) • (onsa) 

1. (music) a tuning fork