望潮

Chinese

		hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards	tide; current; damp tide; current; damp; moist; humid
trad. (望潮)		望	潮
simp. #(望潮)		望	潮

Pronunciation

• Wu (Ningbo, Wugniu): ⁶maon-jiau₂

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• Wu
  • (Northern: Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ⁶maon-jiau₂
    • MiniDict: maon^去 jiau^平
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /mɔ̃²² d͡ʑiɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

望潮

1. (chiefly Yongjiang Wu, Taizhou Wu) Webfoot octopus (Amphioctopus fangsiao)
2. (chiefly Yongjiang Wu, Taizhou Wu, by extension) 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	Wenzhou	章魚