刺婆鬃

Chinese

		thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law	bristles; horse's mane
trad. (刺婆鬃)		刺	婆	鬃
simp. #(刺婆鬃)		刺	婆	鬃

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Xianyou, Pouseng Ping'ing): ci⁴ bo² zang¹

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• Puxian Min
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ci⁴ bo² zang¹ [Phonetic: ci¹ bho⁵ lang¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(p-)βɵ¹³⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)laŋ⁵³³/

Noun

刺婆鬃

1. (Xianyou Puxian Min) hedgehog

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 刺蝟 (“hedgehog”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		刺蝟
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	刺蝟蝟
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	刺蝟
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	刺蝟
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	刺蝟
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	刺蝟
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	刺蝟子
Gan	Pingxiang	刺蝟
Hakka	Yudu	豪豬 for some people
Southern Min	Jinjiang	豪豬
	Yongchun	豪豬
Puxian Min	Putian	刺豪
	Xianyou	刺婆鬃
Wu	Shanghai	偷瓜精
	Suzhou	偷瓜貆

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “刺婆鬃”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 86.