蛤蟆

Chinese

clam frog or toad
simp. and trad.
(蛤蟆)
variant forms 蝦蟆虾蟆
蝦蟇
蝦䗫
鰕䗫
鰕䲈

Etymology

Onomatopoeic (Schuessler, 2007). Compare Old Mon kma(c) /kmɔc/ (ibid.).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (4)
Final () (160) (98)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʌp̚/ /mˠa/
Pan
Wuyun
/kəp̚/ /mᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɒp̚/ /ma/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəp̚/ /maɨ/
Li
Rong
/kᴀp̚/ /ma/
Wang
Li
/kɒp̚/ /ma/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kăp̚/ /ma/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ge
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 4953 9238
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kuːb/ /*mraː/

Noun

蛤蟆

  1. frogs and toads (order Anura) (Classifier: )

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Proper noun

蛤蟆

  1. (Mainland China, Internet slang) Nickname of Jiang Zemin
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