海鱟

Chinese

		ocean; sea	horseshoe crab
trad. (海鱟)		海	鱟
simp. (海鲎)		海	鲎

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² hau⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-hāu

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² hau⁶
    • Yale: hói hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ hɐu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-hāu
    • Tâi-lô: hái-hāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hay'hau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hau²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hau³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hau³³/

Noun

海鱟

1. (Cantonese, Taiwanese 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

Adjective

海鱟

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) clumsy; ungraceful; ungainly

Synonyms

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• 呆
• 呆傻 (dāishǎ)
• 呆痴 (dāichī)
• 𡳞面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
• 𡳞鳥面／𡳞鸟面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
• 愚戇／愚戆 (Hokkien)
• 愚昧 (yúmèi)
• 愚笨 (yúbèn)
• 愚蠢 (yúchǔn)
• 愚鈍／愚钝 (yúdùn)
• 拙 (zhuō) (literary, or in compounds)
• 拙笨 (zhuōbèn)
• 撚樣／撚样 (lan² joeng^6-2) (Cantonese, vulgar)
• 暗昧 (ànmèi)
• 梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢跤軟蹄／梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 棒槌 (bàngchuí)
• 混鈍／混钝 (Hokkien)
• 痴呆
• 發踱／发踱 (⁷faq ⁸doq) (Wu)
• 笨 (bèn)
• 笨拙 (bènzhuō)
• 笨車車／笨车车 (Hokkien)
• 臭笨 (Hokkien)
• 菜瓜 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 蠢 (chǔn)
• 蠢氣／蠢气 (qyn³ qi⁴) (Xiang)
• 蠢笨 (chǔnbèn)
• 袋屎 (Hokkien)
• 袋屎袋尿 (Hokkien)
• 跤梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 遲鈍／迟钝 (chídùn)
• 阿西 (Hokkien)
• 頇顢／顸颟 (Hokkien)
• 鱟／鲎 (Hokkien)
• 鳩拙／鸠拙 (jiūzhuó) (literary)