馬蹄蟹

Chinese

		horse hoof	crab
trad. (馬蹄蟹)		馬蹄	蟹
simp. (马蹄蟹)		马蹄	蟹

Etymology

Compare English horseshoe crab.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎtíxiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄊㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ tai⁴ haai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎtíxiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄊㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎtísiè
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-tʻi²-hsieh⁴
    • Yale: mǎ-tí-syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maatyishieh
    • Palladius: матисе (matise)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ tai⁴ haai⁵
    • Yale: máh tàih háaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ tai⁴ haai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ tei⁴ hai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ tʰɐi̯²¹ haːi̯¹³/

Noun

馬蹄蟹

1. (chiefly Hong Kong) horseshoe crab

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鱟 (“horseshoe crab”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鱟, 鱟魚
Taxonomic name		鱟
Mandarin	Taiwan	鱟, 鋼盔魚, 夫妻魚, 鴛鴦魚
	Singapore	鱟
Cantonese	Guangzhou	海鱟, 鱟魚
	Hong Kong	馬蹄蟹
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鱟
Southern Min	Xiamen	鱟, 海怪
	Quanzhou	鱟
	Zhangzhou	鱟, 海怪
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	海鱟
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	鱟
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	鱟
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	鱟
	Tainan	鱟
	Tainan (Anping)	鱟
	Penghu (Xiyu)	鱟
	Penang (Hokkien)	鱟
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鱟
	Leizhou	鱟