蝘蜓

Chinese

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎntíng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin² ting⁴
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): ián-thêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎntíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎntíng
  - Wade–Giles: yen³-tʻing²
  - Yale: yǎn-tíng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeantyng
  - Palladius: яньтин (janʹtin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin² ting⁴
  - Yale: yín tìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin² ting⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin² ting⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³⁵ tʰɪŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ián-thêng
  - Tâi-lô: ián-thîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iefnteeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɪŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: 'enX denX

Rime
Character	蝘	蜓
Reading #	2/2	1/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	於殄切	徒典切
Baxter	'enX	denX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔen^X/	/den^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔen^X/	/den^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɛn^X/	/dɛn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɛn^X/	/dɛn^X/
Li Rong	/ʔen^X/	/den^X/
Wang Li	/ien^X/	/dien^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔien^X/	/dʱien^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn	diàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin²	din⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qeːnʔ l'eːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝘	蜓
Reading #	1/2	1/3
No.	14381	12412
Phonetic component	妟	廷
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	蝘	殄
Old Chinese	/*qeːnʔ/	/*l'eːnʔ/

Noun

蝘蜓

gecko
- 今子乃以鴟梟而笑鳳皇，執蝘蜓而嘲龜龍，不亦病乎！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  今子乃以鸱枭而笑凤皇，执蝘蜓而嘲龟龙，不亦病乎！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. late 1st century BCE, Yang Xiong (揚雄), Retort to Ridicules (《解嘲》)
  Jīn zǐ nǎi yǐ chīxiāo ér xiào fènghuáng, zhí yǎntíng ér cháo guīlóng, bùyì bìng hū! [Pinyin]
  Now, sir, you laugh at the phoenix as an owl, and you hold up a gecko and mock the great tortoise and dragon. Are you not in the wrong?

Synonyms

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Derived terms

蝘蜓座 (Yǎntíngzuò)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蝘	蜓
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
irregular

Etymology

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Noun

蝘蜓(とかげ) • (tokage)

Alternative spelling of 蜥蜴 (“lizard”) (reptile)

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