烏賊魚
Chinese
| cuttlefish | fish | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (烏賊魚) | 烏賊 | 魚 | |
| simp. (乌贼鱼) | 乌贼 | 鱼 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wūzéiyú
- Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄗㄟˊ ㄩˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wuzéiyú
- Wade–Giles: wu1-tsei2-yü2
- Yale: wū-dzéi-yú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: utzeiryu
- Palladius: уцзэйюй (uczɛjjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u⁵⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵ y³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Jin
- Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
- Wugniu: 1u-zeq8-ng6
- MiniDict: u平 zeh入 ng去
- Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 1u-zeq5-ngg3
- Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /u⁵⁵ zəʔ³³ ŋ̍²¹/
- (Northern: Shanghai)
- Wugniu: 1u-zen6
- MiniDict: u平 zen去
- Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 1u-zen3
- Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /u⁵⁵ zən²¹/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
- Wugniu: 3ou1-zeq8-ng2
- MiniDict: ou平 zeh入 ng平
- Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /əu⁵² zəʔ¹¹ ŋ̍/
- (Northern: Shanghai)
Note: 1u-zen6 — Shanghainese, contracted reading.
Noun
烏賊魚
- (regional) cuttlefish
- (Shanghainese, by extension) octopus
Synonyms
(cuttlefish):
Dialectal synonyms of 烏賊 (“cuttlefish”) [map]
(octopus):
Dialectal synonyms of 章魚 (“octopus”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 章舉 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 章魚, 蛸 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 章魚 |
| Harbin | 八大魚 | |
| Singapore | 八爪魚 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 八帶蛸 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 蛸, 八帶蛸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 章魚, 八爪魚 |
| Hong Kong | 章魚, 八爪魚 | |
| Dongguan | 章魚, 八爪魚 | |
| Nanning | 八爪魚 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 章魚, 八帶魚 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 章魚 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 章魚 |
| Dongshan | 猴水 | |
| Tainan | 章魚, 咃鰸 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 豬母酸 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 墨斗魚 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 章魚 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 烏賊魚, 章魚 |
| Ningbo | 望潮 | |
| Ningbo (Zhenhai) | 望潮 | |
| Wenzhou | 章魚 | |
Descendants
- → Korean: 오징어 (ojing'eo)