海鱟

Chinese edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

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 edit

海鱟

(Cantonese, Taiwanese Hokkien) horseshoe crab

Synonyms edit

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鱟, 鱟魚
Taxonomic name		鱟
Mandarin	Taiwan	鱟, 鋼盔魚, 夫妻魚, 鴛鴦魚
Mandarin	Singapore	鱟
Cantonese	Guangzhou	海鱟, 鱟魚
Cantonese	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 edit

海鱟

(Zhangzhou Hokkien) clumsy; ungraceful; ungainly

Synonyms edit

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