大王烏賊

Chinese

		king; the red joker, one of the two jokers that has a more reddish or colorful appearance	cuttlefish
trad. (大王烏賊)		大王	烏賊
simp. (大王乌贼)		大王	乌贼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàwáng wūzéi

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ ㄨㄗㄟˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàwáng wūzéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ ㄨㄗㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàwáng wuzéi
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-wang² wu¹-tsei²
  - Yale: dà-wáng wū-dzéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahwang utzeir
  - Palladius: даван уцзэй (davan uczɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ wɑŋ³⁵ u⁵⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵/

Noun

大王烏賊

(Taiwan) giant squid
Synonyms: 大王魷魚 / 大王鱿鱼 (dàwáng yóuyú), (Mainland China, Hong Kong) 巨烏賊 / 巨乌贼 (jùwūzéi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	王	烏	賊
だい Grade: 1	おう Grade: 1	いか
だい Grade: 1	おう Grade: 1	Jinmeiyō	Grade: S
goon		jukujikun

Etymology

From 大王 (daiō, “great king”) +‎ 烏賊 (ika, “squid”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) だいおーいか [dàíóꜜò ìkà] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [da̠io̞ː ika̠]

Noun

大(だい)王(おう)烏賊(いか) or 大王烏賊(ダイオウイカ) • (daiō ika) ^{←だいわういか (daiwau ika)^?}

a giant squid

Usage notes

Not to be confused with 大王酸漿烏賊 (daiō hōzuki ika, “colossal squid”)