岩石

See also: 巖石

Contents

Chinese

		cliff; rock	rock; stone; 10 pecks
simp. and trad. (岩石)		岩	石

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaam⁴ sek⁶
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): gâm-chio̍h / giâm-chio̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngam⁵ ziêh⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: yánshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄕˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanshy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánshíh
    • IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 岩石 巖石／岩石 延時／延时

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: ngaam⁴ sek⁶
    • Yale: ngàahm sehk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaam⁴ sek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngam⁴ ség⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋäːm²¹ sɛːk̚²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 岩石 巖石／岩石

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gâm-chio̍h
    • Tâi-lô: gâm-tsio̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gamcioih
    • IPA (Taipei): /gam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕioʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /gam²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕioʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /gam²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiɤʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giâm-chio̍h
    • Tâi-lô: giâm-tsio̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giamcioih
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /giam¹³⁻²² t͡ɕioʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /giam²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕioʔ⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngam⁵ ziêh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngâm tsie̍h
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sieʔ⁴/

Noun

岩石

1. rock
2. Alternative form of 巖石／岩石 (yánshí, “big and tall piece of rock”).

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
岩	石
がん Grade: 2	せき Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) が​んせき [gáꜜǹsèkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [ɡã̠ɰ̃se̞kʲi]

Noun

岩石 (hiragana がんせき, rōmaji ganseki)

1. rock (natural mineral aggregate)
   • 1999 March 18, “ウォー・アース [War Earth]”, in Starter Boxスターターボックス, Konami:

     岩 (がん)石 (せき)が集 (あつ)まってできたゴーレム。相 (あい)手 (て)を石 (せき)化 (か)して破 (は)壊 (かい)する。

     Ganseki ga atsumatte dekita gōremu. Aite o sekika shite hakai suru.

     A golem assembled from rocks. It petrifies and destroys its opponents.

   • 2000 July 13, “ストーンジャイアント [Stone Giant]”, in Pharaoh’s Servant －ファラオのしもべ－, Konami:

     巨 (きょ)大 (だい)な岩 (いわ)が積 (つ)み重 (かさ)なってできている、岩 (がん)石 (せき)の巨 (きょ)人 (じん)。

     Kyodai na iwa ga tsumikasanatte dekiteiru, ganseki no kyojin.

     A stone giant assembled from gigantic rocks.

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