螃蟹

Chinese

			crab
trad. (螃蟹)		螃	蟹
simp. #(螃蟹)		螃	蟹
alternative forms		旁蟹 螃蠏／螃蟹

Etymology

From earlier 旁蟹 (“side + crab”), as the crab walks sideways (Piya).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): pángxiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): pan² hai³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pong⁴ haai⁵
• Gan (Wiktionary): pong² hai
• Jin (Wiktionary): pon¹ xie³
• Northern Min (KCR): pâng-hāi
• Eastern Min (BUC): màng-hâ
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ban-ha
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ban² hai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pángxiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pángsiè
    • Wade–Giles: pʻang²-hsieh⁴
    • Yale: páng-syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parngshieh
    • Palladius: пансе (panse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: pan² hai³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: panxaai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰan²¹ xai⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pong⁴ haai⁵
    • Yale: pòhng háaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pong⁴ haai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: pong⁴ hai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːŋ²¹ haːi̯¹³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: pong² hai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔŋ²⁴ hai²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: pon¹ xie³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pʰxɒ̃¹¹ ɕie⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pâng-hāi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ³³ xai⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: màng-hâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(h-)ŋɑ²⁴²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ban-ha
    • MiniDict: ban^去 ha
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ban-ha
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bã²² ha⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ban² hai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pan¹³ xai̯⁴¹/

Noun

螃蟹

1. crab (Classifier: 隻／只 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 螃蟹 (“crab”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		螃蟹, 蟹
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	螃蟹
	Taiwan	螃蟹
	Harbin	蟹子
	Shenyang	螃蟹
	Malaysia	螃蟹
	Singapore	螃蟹
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	螃蟹
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	螃蟹, 肥蟹
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	螃蟹
	Wanrong	螃蟹
	Xi'an	螃蟹
	Xining	螃蟹
	Xuzhou	螃蟹
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	螃蟹
	Lanzhou	螃蟹
	Ürümqi	螃蟹
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	螃蟹
	Wuhan	螃蟹, 蟹子
	Guiyang	螃蟹
	Kunming	螃蟹
	Guilin	螃蟹
	Liuzhou	螃蟹
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	螃蟹
	Yangzhou	螃蟹
	Hefei	爬蟹
	Chuzhou	螃蟹
	Huanggang	蟹子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蟹, 打橫
	Hong Kong	蟹
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	蟹
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	蟹
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	蟹
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	蟹
	Macau	蟹
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	蟹
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	蟹
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	蟹
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	蟹
	Foshan	蟹
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	蟹
	Foshan (Shunde)	蟹
	Foshan (Sanshui)	蟹
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	蟹
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	蟹
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	蟹
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	蟹
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	蟹
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	蟹
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	蟹
	Taishan	蟹
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蟹
	Enping (Niujiang)	蟹
	Heshan (Yayao)	蟹
	Dongguan	蟹
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	蟹
	Shaoguan	蟹
	Yangjiang	蟹
	Xinyi	螃鉗
	Lianjiang	蟹
	Nanning	螃蟹 large, 螃鉗 small
	Wuzhou	螃蟹
	Yulin	螃鉗
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	螃蟹
	Beihai	蟹
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	螃蟹
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	蟹, 青蟹
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	螃蟹
	Danzhou	蟹
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蟹
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蟹
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	蟹
	Móng Cái	蟹
Gan	Nanchang	螃蟹
	Lichuan	螃蟹
	Pingxiang	爬拐, 螃蟹
Hakka	Meixian	老蟹
	Dabu (Xihe)	老蟹
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	蟹
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	老蟹
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	老蟹
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	蟹
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	老蟹
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	老蟹
	Wuhua (Changbu)	老蟹
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	老蟹
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	老蟹
	Wengyuan	老蟹
	Jiexi	老蟹
	Luhe	老蟹
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	老蟹
	Changting	螃蟹
	Wuping	蟹子
	Wuping (Yanqian)	蟹子
	Liancheng	螃蟹
	Ninghua	螃蟹
	Yudu	壙蟹
	Ningdu	壙蟹
	Shicheng	壙蟹
	Shangyou (Shexi)	老蟹
	Tonggu (Sandu)	老蟹
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	老蟹
	Dayu	老蟹
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	毛蟹
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	老蟹
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	毛蟹
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	老蟹
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	老蟹, 毛蟹
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	老蟹
	Hong Kong	老蟹, 蟹
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	蟹
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	老蟹
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	老蟹
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	老蟹
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	老蟹
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	老蟹
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	老蟹
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	老蟹
	Mengshan (Xihe)	螃蟹
	Luchuan	老蟹
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	老蟹
	Bobai (Shahe)	老蟹
	Sabah (Longchuan)	老蟹
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	老蟹
	Senai (Huiyang)	老蟹
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	老蟹
	Singkawang	老蟹
Huizhou	Jixi	蟹蟹
Jin	Taiyuan	螃蟹
	Xinzhou	螃蟹
	Hohhot	螃蟹
Northern Min	Jian'ou	螃蟹
	Songxi	蟹
	Zhenghe	蟹
	Jianyang	蟹仔
	Wuyishan	蟹仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	蟹仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	螃蟹
	Fuzhou (Changle)	鰻蟹
	Yongtai	老蟹
Southern Min	Xiamen	蟳仔, 蟳
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	蟳
	Quanzhou	蟳仔, 蟳
	Jinjiang	蟳
	Zhangzhou	蟳仔, 蟳
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	蟳
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	蟳
	Kaohsiung	蟳仔
	Yilan	蟳仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	蟳仔
	Taichung	蟳仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	蟳仔
	Tainan	蟳
	Taitung	蟳
	Hsinchu	蟳仔
	Penghu (Magong)	蠘仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	蟳
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蟳, 蟳仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	蟳
	Longyan	肉蟹
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	螃蟹
	Chaozhou	蟹
	Shantou	蟹, 田蟹
	Jieyang	蟹
	Haifeng	蟹
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	蟹
	Singapore (Teochew)	蟹
	Leizhou	蟹
	Wenchang	蟹
	Haikou	蟹
	Singapore (Hainanese)	蟹
Central Min	Yong'an	蟹
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	蟹
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	螃蟹
Shehua	Fu'an	蟹仔
	Fuding	蟹
	Luoyuan	老蟹
	Sanming	老蟹
	Shunchang	老蟹
	Hua'an	老蟹
	Guixi (Zhangping)	老蟹
	Cangnan	老蟹
	Jingning (Hexi)	老蟹
	Lishui	老蟹
	Longyou	老蟹
	Chaozhou	老蟹
	Fengshun	老蟹
Wu	Shanghai	蟹
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蟹, 老毛蟹
	Suzhou	蟹
	Wuxi	蟹
	Danyang	螃蟹, 蟹
	Hangzhou	湖蟹
	Ningbo	蟹
	Wenzhou	蟹, 十隻腳
	Jinhua	蟹
Xiang	Changsha	螃蟹
	Loudi	螃蟹
	Shuangfeng	螃蟹, 螃解子
	Quanzhou	螃蟹

Derived terms

• 吃螃蟹 (chī pángxiè)
• 落湯螃蟹／落汤螃蟹
• 螃蟹心態／螃蟹心态 (pángxiè xīntài)
• 螃蟹心理 (pángxiè xīnlǐ)
• 螃蟹精神 (pángxiè jīngshén)
• 螃蟹過河／螃蟹过河
• 賽螃蟹／赛螃蟹 (sàipángxiè)