扁形動物

Chinese

		flat; tablet; inscription flat; tablet; inscription; small boat	to appear; to look; form to appear; to look; form; shape	animal; creature; moving thing
trad. (扁形動物)		扁	形	動物
simp. (扁形动物)		扁	形	动物

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biǎnxíng dòngwù

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin² jing⁴ dung⁶ mat⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pi-yin₆-don₆-veq₈

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biǎnxíng dòngwù
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biǎnsíng dòngwù
  - Wade–Giles: pien³-hsing² tung⁴-wu⁴
  - Yale: byǎn-syíng dùng-wù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beanshyng donqwuh
  - Palladius: бяньсин дунъу (bjanʹsin dunʺu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bin² jing⁴ dung⁶ mat⁶
  - Yale: bín yìhng duhng maht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bin² jing⁴ dung⁶ mat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bin² ying⁴ dung⁶ med⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³⁵ jɪŋ²¹ tʊŋ²² mɐt̚²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵pi-yin₆-don₆-veq₈
  - MiniDict: pi^去 yin^去 don^去 veh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pi-hhin₃-don₃-veq₅
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pi³³ ɦin⁵⁵ doŋ³³ vəʔ²¹/

Noun

扁形動物

flatworm

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (扁形動物):

→ Japanese: 扁形動物(へんけいどうぶつ) (henkei dōbutsu)
→ Korean: 편형동물(扁形動物) (pyeonhyeongdongmul)

→? Thai: หนอนตัวแบน (nɔ̌ɔn-dtuua-bɛɛn) (calque)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
扁	形	動	物
へん Hyōgai	けい Grade: 2	どう Grade: 3	ぶつ Grade: 3
kan'on		on'yomi

Etymology

By surface analysis, 扁(へん) (hen, “flat”) + 形(けい) (kei, “shape, form”) + 動(どう)物(ぶつ) (dōbutsu, “animal”). Compare Chinese 扁形動物 / 扁形动物 (biǎnxíng dòngwù).

Noun

扁(へん)形(けい)動(どう)物(ぶつ) or 扁形動物(ヘンケイドウブツ) • (henkei dōbutsu)

flatworm, platyhelminth

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヘンケイドウブツ (henkei dōbutsu).