擬態

See also: 拟态

Chinese

		plan to	appearance; state; attitude appearance; state; attitude; (linguistics) voice
trad. (擬態)		擬	態
simp. (拟态)		拟	态

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǐtài

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ ㄊㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ taai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǐtài
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ ㄊㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǐtài
    • Wade–Giles: ni³-tʻai⁴
    • Yale: nǐ-tài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niitay
    • Palladius: нитай (nitaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ taai³
    • Yale: yíh taai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ taai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ tai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ tʰaːi̯³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 以太 擬態／拟态

Noun

擬態

1. (zoology) mimicry

Japanese

Kanji in this term
擬	態
ぎ Grade: S	たい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぎたい [gìtáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲita̠i]

Noun

擬(ぎ)態(たい) • (gitai) 

1. mimicry
   • 1994 July 16, Isao Takahata, 平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ, spoken by Oroku (Nijiko Kiyokawa), Toho:

     程(てい)度(ど)の低(ひく)いものは「擬(ぎ)態(たい)」と呼(よ)ばれ、カメレオンなんぞにもできるが、「化(ば)け学(がく)」はオラたち以(い)外(がい)では、キツネと一(いち)部(ぶ)のネコしか身(み)につけておらん‼

     Teido no hikui mono wa “gitai” to yobare, kamereon nanzo ni mo dekiru ga,“bakegaku” wa ora-tachi igai de wa, kitsune to ichibu no neko shika mi ni tsuketeoran‼

     Those lesser kinds like chameleons can make use of “mimicry”, but beside us, only foxes and a few cats can master “metamorphism”‼

   • 1999 September 23, “スネーク・パーム”, in Vol.5, Konami:

     多(おお)くのヘビが集(あつ)まり擬(ぎ)態(たい)している。近(ちか)づくとバラバラになり襲(おそ)いかかる。

     Ōku no hebi ga atsumari gitai shiteiru. Chikazuku to barabara ni nari osoikakaru.

     It is actually several snakes tangled together in disguise. They break off to attack anyone nearby.