Chinese

Noun

山羊 (classifier 隻／只 (zhī))

1. a goat (animal)

Synonyms

• 羊 (yáng)

Derived terms

Japanese

Alternative forms

• 野羊

Etymology

山 ‎(“mountain”) +‎ 羊 ‎(“goat”). The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) や​ぎ [yáꜜgì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ja̠ɡ̃i]

Noun

山羊 ‎(hiragana やぎ, katakana ヤギ, romaji yagi)

1. a goat (animal)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Noun

山羊 • ‎(sanyang) ‎(hangeul 산양)

1. Hanja form^? of 산양, “long-tailed goral”.

Vietnamese

Noun

山羊

1. Hán tự form of sơn dương, “chamois”