椰子蟹

椰子蟹

Chinese

		coconut	crab
trad. (椰子蟹)		椰子	蟹
simp. #(椰子蟹)		椰子	蟹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yēzixiè, yézixiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝ ˙ㄗ ㄒㄧㄝˋ, ㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄗ ㄒㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: yēzixiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝ ˙ㄗ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ie.tzyshieh
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩² ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: yézixiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄗ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ye.tzyshieh
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

Noun

椰子蟹

1. coconut crab

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
椰	子	蟹
や Jinmeiyō	し Grade: 1	かに > がに Jinmeiyō

Etymology

Compound of 椰子 (yashi, “palm”) +‎ 蟹 (kani, “crab”). The kani changes to gani as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やし​がに [yàshíꜜgànì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ja̠ɕiɡa̠ɲ̟i]

Noun

椰子蟹 (hiragana やしがに, katakana ヤシガニ, rōmaji yashigani)

1. coconut crab

Synonyms

• まっかん蟹 (がに) (makkangani)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN