菱角

菱角

Chinese

		Trapa natans; water caltrop	horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note
trad. (菱角)		菱	角
simp. #(菱角)		菱	角

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língjiao

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ gok³
• Min Nan (POJ): lêng-kak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: língjiao
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling.jiau
    • IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ d͡ʑ̥i̯ɑʊ̯³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ gok³
    • Yale: lìhng gok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ gok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ gog³
    • IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ kɔːk̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-kak
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-kak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengkag
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kak̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² kak̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kak̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ kak̚³²/

Noun

菱角

1. water caltrop
2. (Taishan) spinning top

Synonyms

• (water caltrop): (Hakka) 羊角仔

Dialectal synonyms of 陀螺 (“spinning top”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		陀螺
Mandarin	Beijing	陀螺
	Taiwan	陀螺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	擰螺, 陀螺
	Hong Kong	陀螺
	Taishan	菱角, 擰螺
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	極樂仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	極樂仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	極樂仔
	Dongshi (Dabu)	極樂
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	極樂仔, 極樂
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	摔
Min Nan	Xiamen	矸轆
	Quanzhou	矸轆
	Zhangzhou	矸螺
	Taipei	矸轆
	Kaohsiung	矸轆
	Tainan	矸轆
	Taichung	矸轆
	Hsinchu	矸轆
	Lukang	矸轆
	Sanxia	矸轆
	Yilan	矸轆
	Kinmen	矸轆
	Magong	矸轆, 柴佛

Derived terms

菱角湖 (Língjiaohú)

Proper noun

菱角

1. (～鎮, formerly ～鄉) Lingjiao (a town in Wuxi, Chongqing, China, formerly a township)