毛蟹
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Chinese
| hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar | crab | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (毛蟹) | 毛 | 蟹 | |
| simp. #(毛蟹) | 毛 | 蟹 | |
| alternative forms | 老蟹 (no-hái) S. Sixian Hakka | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Hakka
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-hōe / mn̂g-hǒe / mô͘-hē / mn̂g-hōe / mn̂g-gēre / mo͘-heh / mo͘-hē / mn̂g-hē
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: máosiè
- Wade–Giles: mao2-hsieh4
- Yale: máu-syè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maushieh
- Palladius: маосе (maose)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mô-hái / mo-hái
- Hakka Romanization System: moˊ haiˋ / mo haiˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: mo1 hai3 / mo4 hai3
- Sinological IPA: /mo²⁴ hai̯³¹/, /mo⁵⁵ hai̯³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: no-hái
- Hakka Romanization System: no haiˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: no4 hai3
- Sinological IPA: /no⁵⁵ hai̯³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: moˋ haiˊ
- Sinological IPA: /mo⁵³ hai²⁴/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kinmen, Magong)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-hōe
- Tâi-lô: môo-huē
- Phofsit Daibuun: mo'hoe
- IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² hue²²/
- IPA (Kinmen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹² hue²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan)
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Hsinchu)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-hōe
- Tâi-lô: mn̂g-huē
- Phofsit Daibuun: mnghoe
- IPA (Taipei): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ hue³³/
- (Hokkien: Sanxia)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-gēre
- Tâi-lô: mn̂g-gerē
- (Hokkien: Taichung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mo͘-heh
- Tâi-lô: moo-heh
- Phofsit Daibuun: mo'heq
- (Hokkien: Taichung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mo͘-hē
- Tâi-lô: moo-hē
- Phofsit Daibuun: mo'he
- (Hokkien: Zhangpu)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-hē
- Tâi-lô: mn̂g-hē
- Phofsit Daibuun: mnghe
- IPA (Zhangpu): /mŋ̍²¹³⁻³³ hiei³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kinmen, Magong)
Noun
毛蟹
- Chinese mitten crab
- (Taiwanese Hakka) crab (in general)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 螃蟹 (“crab”)
Derived terms
- 上海毛蟹 (Shànghǎi máoxiè)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 毛 | 蟹 |
| け Grade: 2 |
かに > がに Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
From 毛 (ke, “hair”) + 蟹 (kani, “crab”). The kani changes to gani as an instance of rendaku (連濁).