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兩棲

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Chinese

		both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	to roost; to inhabit; to stay to roost; to inhabit; to stay; habitat
trad. (兩棲)		兩	棲
simp. (两栖)		两	栖

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liǎngqī

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄑㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵ cai¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lióng-chhe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liǎngqī
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄑㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liǎngci
  - Wade–Giles: liang³-chʻi¹
  - Yale: lyǎng-chī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leangchi
  - Palladius: лянци (ljanci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: loeng⁵ cai¹
  - Yale: léuhng chāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵ tsai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵ cei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³ t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lióng-chhe
  - Tâi-lô: lióng-tshe
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liofngzhef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰe³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/

Verb

兩棲

(biology, military) to be amphibious
(biology, figuratively) to be engaged in two distinct fields

Derived terms

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