水母目蝦

Chinese

		jellyfish	eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title	shrimp; prawn
trad. (水母目蝦)		水母	目	蝦
simp. (水母目虾)		水母	目	虾
Literally: “jellyfish with shrimp eyes”.

Etymology

From a perception that shrimp traveled with jellyfish and that jellyfish would move according to its attendant shrimp.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐmǔ mù xiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄨˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐmǔ mù xiā [Phonetic: shuímǔmùxiā]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄨˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěimǔ mù sia
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-mu³ mu⁴ hsia¹
    • Yale: shwěi-mǔ mù syā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeimuu muh shia
    • Palladius: шуйму му ся (šujmu mu sja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹ ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/

Idiom

水母目蝦

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