寒武

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (寒武)		寒	武

Etymology

Short for 寒武利亞／寒武利亚, which is orthographic borrowing from Japanese ateji of 寒武利亜(カンブリア) (Kanburia, “Cambria”), coined by Kotora Jimbo in 1891.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Hánwǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hon⁴ mou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Hánwǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Hánwǔ
  - Wade–Giles: Han²-wu³
  - Yale: Hán-wǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Harnwuu
  - Palladius: Ханьу (Xanʹu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hon⁴ mou⁵
  - Yale: hòhn móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hon⁴ mou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: hon⁴ mou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn²¹ mou̯¹³/

Proper noun

寒武

the Cambrian

Derived terms

寒武紀／寒武纪 (Hánwǔ Jì)

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