大閘蟹
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See also: 大闸蟹
Chinese
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
gear; watergate | crab | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (大閘蟹) | 大 | 閘 | 蟹 | |
| simp. (大闸蟹) | 大 | 闸 | 蟹 | |
| alternative forms | 大煠蟹 | |||
Etymology
The second character is originally 煠 (zaq8, “to boil”) in Wu.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): daai6 zaap6 haai5
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 6du-zaq8-ha5 / 2dou6-zaq8-ha3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄚˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dàjhásiè
- Wade–Giles: ta4-cha2-hsieh4
- Yale: dà-já-syè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjarshieh
- Palladius: дачжасе (dačžase)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂä³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daai6 zaap6 haai5
- Yale: daaih jaahp háaih
- Cantonese Pinyin: daai6 dzaap9 haai5
- Guangdong Romanization: dai6 zab6 hai5
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːi̯²² t͡saːp̚² haːi̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
Noun
大閘蟹
- Chinese mitten crab
- (Cantonese) shareholder holding stock worth below purchase price
Synonyms
- (crab): 毛蟹 (máoxiè)
Hyponyms
- (crab): 上海毛蟹 (Shànghǎi máoxiè)