儒艮

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (儒艮)		儒	艮
simp. #(儒艮)		儒	艮

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 儒艮 (jugon).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rúgèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄍㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ gan³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lû-kùn / jû-kùn / jî-kìn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rúgèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄍㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rúgèn
    • Wade–Giles: ju²-kên⁴
    • Yale: rú-gèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rugenn
    • Palladius: жугэнь (žugɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ kən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ gan³
    • Yale: yùh gan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ gan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ gen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ kɐn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû-kùn
    • Tâi-lô: lû-kùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lu'kuxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lu²⁴⁻²² kun²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lu²⁴⁻¹¹ kun¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lu²⁴⁻²² kun⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû-kùn
    • Tâi-lô: jû-kùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ju'kuxn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³⁻³³ kun²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-kìn
    • Tâi-lô: jî-kìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ji'kixn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi¹³⁻²² kin²¹/

Noun

儒艮

1. dugong

Synonyms

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• 人魚 / 人鱼 (rényú)
• 南海牛 (nánhǎiniú)
• 美人魚 / 美人鱼 (měirényú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
儒	艮
じゅ Grade: S	ごん Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じゅごん [jùgóń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨɡõ̞ɴ]

• • Homophone: 呪禁

Noun

儒(じゅ)艮(ごん) or 儒艮(ジュゴン) • (jugon) 

1. a dugong