羚羊

Chinese

		antelope	caprid
trad. (羚羊)		羚	羊
simp. #(羚羊)		羚	羊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língyáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ joeng⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lìn-yòng
• Eastern Min (BUC): lìng-iòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-iông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵ ion⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língyáng
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-yang²
    • Yale: líng-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingyang
    • Palladius: линъян (linʺjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ joeng⁴
    • Yale: lìhng yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ jœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìn-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: lin^ˇ iong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lin² yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /lin¹¹ i̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìn-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: lin^ˇ (r)iong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lin² yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /lin¹¹ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lìng-iòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃iŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(Ø-)ŋyoŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-iông
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-iông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leng'ioong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² iɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ iɔŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lêng⁵ ion⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng iôⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ĩõ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: leng yang

Rime
Character	羚	羊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	郎丁切	與章切
Baxter	leng	yang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leŋ/	/jɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/leŋ/	/jiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛŋ/	/iɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjŋ/	/jɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/leŋ/	/iaŋ/
Wang Li	/lieŋ/	/jĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieŋ/	/i̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	líng	yáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ling4	joeng4

Noun

羚羊

1. antelope (Classifier: 隻／只)

Derived terms

• 藏羚羊 (zànglíngyáng)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
羚	羊
れい Jinmeiyō	よう Grade: 3
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 羚羊 (língyáng).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) れーよー [rèéyóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːjo̞ː]

Noun

羚(れい)羊(よう) or 羚羊(レイヨウ) • (reiyō) ^{←れいやう (reiyau)?}

1. antelope

Derived terms

• 麒麟羚羊(きりんれいよう) (kirinreiyō, “gerenuk”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
羚	羊
かもしか
Jinmeiyō	Grade: 3
jukujikun

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かもしか [kàmóshíká] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) かもしか [kàmóꜜshìkà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠mo̞ɕi̥ka̠]

Noun

羚羊(かもしか) or 羚羊(カモシカ) • (kamoshika) 

1. Alternative spelling of 氈鹿 (“serow”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
羚	羊

Noun

羚羊 • (yeong'yang) (hangeul 영양)

1. hanja form^? of 영양 (“antelope”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
羚	羊

Noun

羚羊

1. chữ Hán form of linh dương (“antelope”).