Chinese

蜻蜓

Noun

蜻蜓

1. dragonfly

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) やんま [yàńmá] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [jã̠mma̠]

Noun

蜻蜓 ‎(hiragana やんま, katakana ヤンマ, romaji yanma)

1. large dragonfly, specifically hawker (dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae)

Etymology 2

Noun

蜻蜓 ‎(hiragana せいてい, katakana セイテイ, romaji seitei)

1. large dragonfly, specifically hawker (dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae)

Etymology 3

Noun

蜻蜓 ‎(hiragana とんぼ, katakana トンボ, romaji tonbo)

1. Alternative spelling of 蜻蛉

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