外骨骼

Chinese

		outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	skeleton
trad. (外骨骼)		外	骨骼
simp. #(外骨骼)		外	骨骼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàigǔgé

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄍㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ gwat¹ gaak³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàigǔgé
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄍㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàigǔgé
    • Wade–Giles: wai⁴-ku³-ko²
    • Yale: wài-gǔ-gé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wayguuger
    • Palladius: вайгугэ (vajgugɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁶ gwat¹ gaak³
    • Yale: ngoih gwāt gaak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ gwat⁷ gaak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ gued¹ gag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² kʷɐt̚⁵ kaːk̚³/

Noun

外骨骼

1. exoskeleton (hard outer structure)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
外	骨	骼
がい Grade: 2	こつ > こっ Grade: 6	かく Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 外骨骼 – see the following entry.

【外骨格がいこっかく】 [noun] (anatomy) an exoskeleton

(This term, 外骨骼, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)