波士頓龍蝦

Chinese

			spiny lobster, lobster
trad. (波士頓龍蝦)		波士頓	龍蝦
simp. (波士顿龙虾)		波士顿	龙虾

Etymology

In early ages, most of the American lobsters were first transported to Boston before exporting to other countries.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bōshìdùn lóngxiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ si⁶ deon^6-2 lung⁴ haa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bōshìdùn lóngxiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Boshìhdùn lóngsia
    • Wade–Giles: Po¹-shih⁴-tun⁴ lung²-hsia¹
    • Yale: Bwō-shr̀-dwùn lúng-syā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Boshyhduenn longshia
    • Palladius: Бошидунь лунся (Bošidunʹ lunsja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯ən⁵¹ lʊŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bo¹ si⁶ deon^6-2 lung⁴ haa¹
    • Yale: bō sih déun lùhng hā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ si⁶ doen^6-2 lung⁴ haa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ xi⁶ dên^6-2 lung⁴ ha¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ siː²² tɵn²²⁻³⁵ lʊŋ²¹ haː⁵⁵/

Noun

波士頓龍蝦

1. American lobster (Homarus americanus)