鯪鯉

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See also: 鲮鲤

Chinese

pangolin; Manis pentadactylata carp
trad. (鯪鯉) 鯪 鯉
simp. (鲮鲤) 鲮 鲤
alternative forms
蠟鯉／蜡鲤 Eastern Min
喇狸 Eastern Min
喇鯉／喇鲤 Eastern Min
拉里 Eastern Min
蟟鯉／蟟鲤 Hokkien
蠟鯉／蜡鲤 Eastern Min
喇狸 Eastern Min
喇鯉／喇鲤 Eastern Min
拉里 Eastern Min
蟟鯉／蟟鲤 Hokkien
獵里 Teochew
 

Pronunciation

Note:
  • là-lī - colloquial;
  • lìng-lī - literary.
Note:
  • lah8 li2 - colloquial;
  • lêng5 li2 - literary.
    Rime
    Character 鯪 鯉
    Reading # 1/1 1/1
    Initial (聲) 來 (37) 來 (37)
    Final (韻) 蒸 (133) 之 (19)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division (等) III III
    Fanqie 力膺切 良士切
    Baxter ling liX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/lɨŋ/ /lɨX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/lɨŋ/ /lɨX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/lieŋ/ /lieX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/liŋ/ /lɨX/
    Li
    Rong         		/liəŋ/ /liəX/
    Wang
    Li         		/lĭəŋ/ /lĭəX/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/li̯əŋ/ /liX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		líng lǐ
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		ling4 lei5
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 鯉
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		lǐ
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ liX ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*mə-rəʔ/
    English carp (n.)

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 鯪 鯉
    Reading # 1/1 1/1
    No. 8248 7828
    Phonetic
    component         		夌 里
    Rime
    group         		蒸 之
    Rime
    subdivision         		0 0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		陵 里
    Old
    Chinese         		/*rɯŋ/ /*rɯʔ/

    Noun

    鯪鯉

    1. pangolin

    Synonyms

    Dialectal synonyms of 穿山甲 (“pangolin”)
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 鯪鯉, 龍鯉
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 穿山甲, 鯪鯉
    Taxonomic name 穿山甲
    Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 穿山甲
    Singapore 穿山甲
    Southwestern Mandarin Guiyang 穿山甲
    Liuzhou 穿山甲
    Cantonese Guangzhou 穿山甲
    Hong Kong 穿山甲
    Dongguan 穿山甲
    Gan Nanchang 穿山甲
    Pengze 鑽山甲
    Lichuan 穿山甲, 關穿
    Pingxiang 鱗鱗甲
    Hakka Meixian 鰱鯉
    Xingning 鰱鯉
    Huidong (Daling) 過山甲
    Nanxiong (Zhuji) 鱗甲
    Shaoguan (Qujiang) 鰱鯉
    Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 甲鱗
    Changting 鰱鯉
    Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) 穿山甲, 鰱鯉
    Wuping 鰱鯉
    Wuping (Pingyu) 鰱鯉
    Liancheng 鰱鯉
    Ninghua 鰱鯉
    Yudu 鱗甲
    Ruijin 鱗鯉
    Shicheng 鰱鯉
    Shangyou (Shexi) 鱗甲
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 鰱鯉
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 鰱鯉
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 鰱鯉
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 鰱鯉
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 鰱鯉
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 鰱鯉
    Singkawang 鰱鯉
    Northern Min Jian'ou 鯪鯉甲
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 鯪鯉
    Fuzhou (Changle) 鯪鯉
    Fuqing 鯪鯉
    Yongtai 鯪鯉
    Gutian 鯪鯉
    Fu'an 鯪鯉
    Ningde 鯪鯉
    Shouning 鯪鯉
    Zhouning 鯪鯉
    Fuding 鯪鯉
    Sibu (Minqing) 鯪鯉
    Southern Min Xiamen 鯪鯉, 步山虎
    Quanzhou 鯪鯉
    Jinjiang 鯪鯉
    Zhangzhou 鯪鯉
    Taipei 鯪鯉
    Kaohsiung 鯪鯉
    Yilan 鯪鯉
    Penang (Hokkien) 鯪鯉
    Singapore (Hokkien) 鯪鯉
    Chaozhou 鯪鯉
    Shantou 鯪鯉
    Jieyang 鯪鯉
    Haifeng 鯪鯉
    Singapore (Teochew) 鯪鯉
    Leizhou 羅鯉鱗
    Haikou 鱗鯉鱗
    Puxian Min Putian 鯪鯉
    Xianyou 鯪鯉
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 穿山甲
    Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 山裡魚
    Xiang Hengyang 穿山子, 鯪甲
    Xiangnan Tuhua Jiangyong 甲蟲
    Dong'an 鱗甲
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