海怪

Chinese

		ocean; sea	queer; to blame
simp. and trad. (海怪)		海	怪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎiguài

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² gwaai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-koài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎiguài
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎiguài
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-kuai⁴
    • Yale: hǎi-gwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeguay
    • Palladius: хайгуай (xajguaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² gwaai³
    • Yale: hói gwaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² gwaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² guai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-koài
    • Tâi-lô: hái-kuài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hay'koaix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuai²¹/

Noun

海怪

1. sea monster
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) horseshoe crab

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鱟 (“horseshoe crab”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鱟, 鱟魚
Taxonomic name		鱟
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鱟, 鋼盔魚, 夫妻魚, 鴛鴦魚
	Singapore	鱟
Cantonese	Guangzhou	海鱟, 鱟魚
	Hong Kong	馬蹄蟹
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鱟
Southern Min	Xiamen	鱟, 海怪
	Quanzhou	鱟
	Zhangzhou	鱟, 海怪
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	海鱟
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	鱟
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	鱟
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	鱟
	Tainan	鱟
	Tainan (Anping)	鱟
	Penghu (Xiyu)	鱟
	Penang (Hokkien)	鱟
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鱟
	Leizhou	鱟