海鱟

海鱟

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² hau⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): hái-hāu

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² hau⁶
    • Yale: hói hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ hɐu̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (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
Mandarin	Taiwan	鱟, 鋼盔魚, 夫妻魚, 鴛鴦魚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	海鱟, 鱟魚
	Hong Kong	馬蹄蟹
Min Dong	Fuzhou	鱟
Min Nan	Xiamen	鱟
	Quanzhou	鱟
	Zhangzhou	鱟
	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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Synonyms of 海鱟

呆 (dāi) 呆傻 (dāishǎ) 呆痴 (dāichī) 愚昧 (yúmèi) 愚笨 (yúbèn) 愚蠢 (yúchǔn) 拙 (zhuō) (literary, or in compounds) 拙笨 (zhuōbèn) 暗昧 (ànmèi) 棒槌 (bàngchuí) 痴呆 (chīdāi) 笨 (bèn) 笨拙 (bènzhuō) 臭笨 (Min Nan) 袋屎 (Min Nan)

袋屎袋尿 (Min Nan) 阿西 (Min Nan) 𡳞面 (Min Nan, vulgar) 愚戇／愚戆 (Min Nan) 愚鈍／愚钝 (yúdùn) 撚樣／撚样 (Cantonese, vulgar) 混鈍／混钝 (Min Nan) 發踱／发踱 (Wu) 笨車車／笨车车 (Min Nan) 蠢氣／蠢气 (Xiang) 遲鈍／迟钝 (chídùn) 鱟 (Min Nan) 鳩拙／鸠拙 (jiūzhuó) (literary) 𡳞鳥面／𡳞鸟面 (Min Nan, vulgar)