莎雞

Chinese

		(grass); Cyperus rotundus; (insect) (grass); Cyperus rotundus; (insect); phonetic	fowl; chicken
trad. (莎雞/莎鷄)		莎	雞/鷄
simp. (莎鸡)		莎	鸡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shājī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹ gai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shājī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shaji
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹-chi¹
    • Yale: shā-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaji
    • Palladius: шацзи (šaczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saa¹ gai¹
    • Yale: sā gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹ gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa¹ gei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː⁵⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

莎雞

1. katydid (Mecopoda elongata)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 紡織娘 (“katydid (Mecopoda elongata)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		莎雞, 絡緯
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		紡織娘
Taxonomic name		紡織娘
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	紡線婆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	紡造婆, 紡紗婆
	Yangzhou	紡織娘子
Gan	Nanchang	紡線子
	Pingxiang	紡機婆仔, 紡機婆
Huizhou	Jixi	紡織娘
Southern Min	Xiamen	草雞
Wu	Shanghai	紡織娘, 織布娘
	Shanghai (Chongming)	紡織娘娘
	Suzhou	紡織娘
	Danyang	織機娘娘
	Ningbo	織績蟲, 借借蟲
	Wenzhou	紡車踏
Xiang	Changsha	紡紗婆