# 穿山甲
## Chinese

* 穿山甲 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 穿山甲 (Wu)

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chuānshānjiǎ
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢ ㄕㄢ ㄐㄧㄚˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun$^1$ saan$^1$ gaap$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): chiŏng-săng-gák
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhoan-san-kah
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cuang$^1$ suan$^1$ gah$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chuānshānjiǎ
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢ ㄕㄢ ㄐㄧㄚˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chuanshanjiǎ
*** Wade–Giles: chʻuan$^1$-shan$^1$-chia$^3$
*** Yale: chwān-shān-jyǎ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuanshanjea
*** Palladius: чуаньшаньцзя (čuanʹšanʹczja)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cyun$^1$ saan$^1$ gaap$^3$
*** Yale: chyūn sāan gaap
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn$^1$ saan$^1$ gaap$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qun$^1$ san$^1$ gab$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵ kaːp̚³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chiŏng-săng-gák
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰuoŋ⁵⁵⁻²¹ $^{(s-)}$naŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ $^{(k-)}$ŋɑʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoan-san-kah
*** Tâi-lô: tshuan-san-kah
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhoansankaq
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴⁻²² kaʔ³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuan³³ san³³ kaʔ⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴⁻²² kaʔ³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴⁻³³ kaʔ³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴⁻³³ kaʔ³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: cuang$^1$ suan$^1$ gah$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshuang suaⁿ kah
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰuaŋ³³⁻²³ sũã³³⁻²³ kaʔ²/

### Noun

穿山甲
* pangolin
* (traditional Chinese medicine) pangolin scales

#### Synonyms

* (pangolin):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 鯪鯉, 龍鯉 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 穿山甲, 鯪鯉 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 穿山甲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 穿山甲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 穿山甲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 穿山甲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 穿山甲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 穿山甲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 穿山甲 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 穿山甲 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 穿山甲 |
| Gan | Pengze | 鑽山甲 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 穿山甲, 關穿 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 鱗鱗甲 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 過山甲 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 鱗甲 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 甲鱗 |
| Hakka | Changting | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 穿山甲, 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 鱗甲 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 鱗鯉 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 鱗甲 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 鰱鯉 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鯪鯉甲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Sibu (Minqing) | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鯪鯉, 步山虎 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 羅鯉鱗 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鱗鯉鱗 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 鯪鯉 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 穿山甲 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 山裡魚 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 甲蟲 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 鱗甲 |

#### Derived terms

* 中華穿山甲／中华穿山甲 (Zhōnghuá chuānshānjiǎ)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 穿(セン)山(ザン)甲(コウ) (senzankō)
* → Korean: 천산갑(穿山甲) (cheonsan'gap)
* → Vietnamese: xuyên sơn giáp (穿山甲)
Others:
* → Vietnamese: xuyên sơn

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 穿 | 山 | 甲 |
| せん Jinmeiyō | さん > ざん Grade: 1 | こう Grade: S |
| on'yomi |||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) せんざんこー [sèńzáꜜǹkòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [sẽ̞nd͡zã̠ŋko̞ː]

### Noun

穿(せん)山(ざん)甲(こう) or 穿山甲(センザンコウ) • (senzankō)
* a pangolin

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 穿 | 山 | 甲 |

### Noun

穿山甲 • (cheonsan'gap) (hangeul 천산갑)
* hanja form of 천산갑 (“pangolin”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 穿 | 山 | 甲 |

### Noun

穿山甲
* chữ Hán form of xuyên sơn giáp (“pangolin”).