海鼠

Chinese

ocean; sea rat; mouse
simp. and trad.
(海鼠)

Pronunciation


Noun

海鼠

  1. (Penghu Hokkien) dolphin

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 海豚 (“dolphin”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 海豚
Taxonomic name 海豚
Mandarin Beijing 海豚
Taiwan 海豚
Cantonese Guangzhou 海豬, 海豚
Hong Kong 海豚
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 海豚
Liudui (S. Sixian) 海豚
Hsinchu (Hailu) 海豚
Dongshi (Dabu) 海豚
Hsinchu (Raoping) 海豚
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 海豬
Min Nan Xiamen 白鰗, 海豬, 媽祖婆魚, 媽祖魚, 鎮港魚
Zhangzhou 白鰗, 媽祖婆魚, 媽祖魚, 鎮港魚
Taipei 海豬仔, 海豬
Kaohsiung 海豬, 烏鯃
Tainan 海豬仔, 海豬
Taichung 海豬
Wuqi 海豬
Hsinchu 海豬, 海豬仔
Taitung 海豬
Lukang 海豬仔, 海豬
Sanxia 海豬仔
Yilan 海豬仔, 海豬
Kinmen 海豬
Magong 海鼠, 烏鯃
Singapore 海豬
Chaozhou 義魚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 2 Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Etymology

The kanji, a compound of (sea) + (rat; mouse), are jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

Noun

海鼠 (hiragana なまこ, katakana ナマコ, rōmaji namako)

  1. a sea cucumber

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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