水豚

Chinese

		water; river	suckling pig
trad. (水豚)		水	豚
simp. #(水豚)		水	豚

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “calque of Hydrochoerus?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐtún

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄊㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² tyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐtún
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄊㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěitún
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-tʻun²
    • Yale: shwěi-twún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeitwen
    • Palladius: шуйтунь (šujtunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² tyun⁴
    • Yale: séui tyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² tyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² tün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ tʰyːn²¹/

Noun

水豚

1. capybara

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 水豬／水猪