咃鰸

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (咃鰸)		咃	鰸

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 蛸(たこ) (tako).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thak-kho͘h / thá-khò͘ / thá-kho͘h

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thak-kho͘h
    • Tâi-lô: thak-khooh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: takqoq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰak̚³²⁻⁴ kʰɔʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thá-khò͘
    • Tâi-lô: thá-khòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tafqox
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰɔ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thá-kho͘h
    • Tâi-lô: thá-khooh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tafqoq
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰɔʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰɔʔ³²/

Noun

咃鰸

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) octopus

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 章魚 (“octopus”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		章舉
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		章魚, 蛸
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	章魚
	Harbin	八大魚
	Singapore	八爪魚
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	八帶蛸
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	蛸, 八帶蛸
Cantonese	Guangzhou	章魚, 八爪魚
	Hong Kong	章魚, 八爪魚
	Dongguan	章魚, 八爪魚
	Nanning	八爪魚
Hakka	Meixian	章魚, 八帶魚
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	章魚
Southern Min	Xiamen	章魚
	Dongshan	猴水
	Tainan	章魚, 咃鰸
	Penang (Hokkien)	豬母酸
	Singapore (Hokkien)	墨斗魚
Puxian Min	Putian	章魚
Wu	Shanghai	烏賊魚, 章魚
	Ningbo	望潮
	Ningbo (Zhenhai)	望潮
	Wenzhou	章魚