蚵仔
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Chinese
| oyster | minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (蚵仔) |
蚵 | 仔 | |
| alternative forms | 蠔仔／蚝仔 兒啊／儿啊 Hokkien informal | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄗˇ → ㄎㄜˋ ˙ㄗ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: kèzi̊h
- Wade–Giles: kʻo4-tzŭ5
- Yale: kè-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keh.tzyy
- Palladius: кэцзы (kɛczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /kʰɤ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄜˊ ㄗˇ → ㄜˊ ˙ㄗ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: ézi̊h
- Wade–Giles: o2-tzŭ5
- Yale: é-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: er.tzyy
- Palladius: эцзы (eczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀɤ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ˀɤ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ho4 zai2
- Yale: hòh jái
- Cantonese Pinyin: ho4 dzai2
- Guangdong Romanization: ho4 zei2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɔː²¹ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ò-é
- Hakka Romanization System: oˇ eˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: o2 e3
- Sinological IPA: /o¹¹ e³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
Noun
蚵仔
- (chiefly Southern Min, Taiwanese Hakka) oyster (Classifier: 敉 mn)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 牡蠣 (“oyster”)
Derived terms
References
- “Entry #7845”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.