# 無脊椎動物
## Chinese

| | | not have | spine; backbone; vertebra | animal; creature; moving thing |
| trad. (無脊椎動物) | trad. (無脊椎動物) | 無 | 脊椎 | 動物 |
| simp. (无脊椎动物) | simp. (无脊椎动物) | 无 | 脊椎 | 动物 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wújǐzhuī dòngwù, wújízhuī dòngwù
    (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄐㄧˇ ㄓㄨㄟ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄨˋ, ㄨˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄓㄨㄟ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mou$^4$ zek$^3$ zeoi$^1$ dung$^6$ mat$^6$ / mou$^4$ zik$^3$ zeoi$^1$ dung$^6$ mat$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wújǐzhuī dòngwù
*** Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄐㄧˇ ㄓㄨㄟ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wújǐjhuei dòngwù
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^2$-chi$^3$-chui$^1$ tung$^4$-wu$^4$
*** Yale: wú-jǐ-jwēi dùng-wù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wujiijuei donqwuh
*** Palladius: уцзичжуй дунъу (uczičžuj dunʺu)
*** Sinological IPA : /u³⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, common variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wújízhuī dòngwù
*** Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄓㄨㄟ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wújíjhuei dòngwù
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^2$-chi$^2$-chui$^1$ tung$^4$-wu$^4$
*** Yale: wú-jí-jwēi dùng-wù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wujyijuei donqwuh
*** Palladius: уцзичжуй дунъу (uczičžuj dunʺu)
*** Sinological IPA : /u³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mou$^4$ zek$^3$ zeoi$^1$ dung$^6$ mat$^6$ / mou$^4$ zik$^3$ zeoi$^1$ dung$^6$ mat$^6$
*** Yale: mòuh jek jēui duhng maht / mòuh jik jēui duhng maht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mou$^4$ dzek$^8$ dzoey$^1$ dung$^6$ mat$^9$ / mou$^4$ dzik$^8$ dzoey$^1$ dung$^6$ mat$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mou$^4$ zég$^3$ zêu$^1$ dung$^6$ med$^6$ / mou$^4$ jig$^3$ zêu$^1$ dung$^6$ med$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mou̯²¹ t͡sɛːk̚³ t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ²² mɐt̚²/, /mou̯²¹ t͡sɪk̚³ t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ²² mɐt̚²/

### Noun

無脊椎動物
* invertebrate

#### Antonyms

* 脊椎動物／脊椎动物 (jǐzhuī dòngwù)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 無 | 脊 | 椎 | 動 | 物 |
| む Grade: 4 | せき Grade: S | つい Grade: S | どう Grade: 3 | ぶつ Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi |||||

### Etymology

無脊椎(むせきつい) (musekitsui, “invertebracy”) + 動物(どうぶつ) (dōbutsu, “animal”)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) むせきついどーぶつ [mùsékítsúí dóꜜòbùtsù] (Nakadaka – [6])
* IPA: [mɯ̟se̞kʲi̥t͡sɨi do̞ːbɯ̟t͡sɨ]

### Noun

無(む)脊(せき)椎(つい)動(どう)物(ぶつ) • (musekitsui dōbutsu)
* invertebrate
** 1916, 丘浅次郎, 境界なき差別‎, 青空文庫:
    脊椎動物(せきついどうぶつ)には体(からだ)の中軸(ちゅうじく)に脊骨(せぼね)があり、無脊椎動物(むせきついどうぶつ)にはけっして脊骨(せぼね)がないといえば、その間(あいだ)の境界(きょうかい)は、きわめて判然(はんぜん)しているごとくに聞(きこ)えるが、実物(じつぶつ)について調査(ちょうさ)すると、発生(はっせい)の途中(とちゅう)に一度脊骨(いちどせぼね)ができて、後(のち)にふたたびこれを失(うしな)うもの、わずかに脊骨(せぼね)の痕跡(こんせき)のみを有(ゆう)するものなどが、いくらもあって、けっして明(あき)らかな境界(きょうかい)はない […]
       Sekitsui dōbutsu ni wa karada no chūjiku ni sebone ga ari, musekitsui dōbutsu ni wa kesshite sebone ga nai to ieba, sono aida no kyōkai wa, kiwamete hanzen shite iru gotoku ni kikoeru ga, jitsubutsu ni tsuite chōsa suru to, hassei no tochū ni ichido sebone ga dekite, nochi ni futatabi kore o ushinau mono, wazuka ni sebone no konseki nomi o yūsuru mono nado ga, ikura mo atte, kesshite akiraka na kyōkai wa nai […]
       If I said that vertebrates have a backbone along the central axis of their body and invertebrates never do, it would sound as if the boundary between them were very distinct, but if you examine actual specimens, there will be those that develop a backbone once during their ontogeny and subsequently lose it, those that have just a small vestige of a backbone, and many other such cases. There is by no means a clear boundary. […]

#### Antonyms

* 脊椎動物(せきついどうぶつ) (sekitsui dōbutsu)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 無 | 脊 | 椎 | 動 | 物 |

### Noun

無脊椎動物 • (mucheokchudongmul) (hangeul 무척추동물)
* hanja form of 무척추동물 (“invertebrate”)