穿山子

Chinese

		to bore through; pierce; perforate to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate; pass through; to dress; to wear; to put on; to thread	mountain; hill	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (穿山子)		穿	山	子
simp. #(穿山子)		穿	山	子

Pronunciation

• Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): qyen¹ san¹ zr

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• Xiang
  • (Hengyang)
    • Wiktionary: qyen¹ san¹ zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁴⁴⁵ san⁴⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

穿山子

1. (Hengyang Xiang) pangolin

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 穿山甲 (“pangolin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鯪鯉, 龍鯉
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		穿山甲, 鯪鯉
Taxonomic name		穿山甲
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	穿山甲
	Singapore	穿山甲
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	穿山甲
	Liuzhou	穿山甲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	穿山甲
	Hong Kong	穿山甲
	Dongguan	穿山甲
Gan	Nanchang	穿山甲
	Pengze	鑽山甲
	Lichuan	穿山甲, 關穿
	Pingxiang	鱗鱗甲
Hakka	Meixian	鰱鯉
	Xingning	鰱鯉
	Huidong (Daling)	過山甲
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	鱗甲
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	鰱鯉
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	甲鱗
	Changting	鰱鯉
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	穿山甲, 鰱鯉
	Wuping	鰱鯉
	Wuping (Pingyu)	鰱鯉
	Liancheng	鰱鯉
	Ninghua	鰱鯉
	Yudu	鱗甲
	Ruijin	鱗鯉
	Shicheng	鰱鯉
	Shangyou (Shexi)	鱗甲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鰱鯉
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鰱鯉
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鰱鯉
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鰱鯉
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鰱鯉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鰱鯉
	Singkawang	鰱鯉
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鯪鯉甲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鯪鯉
	Fuzhou (Changle)	鯪鯉
	Fuqing	鯪鯉
	Yongtai	鯪鯉
	Gutian	鯪鯉
	Fu'an	鯪鯉
	Ningde	鯪鯉
	Shouning	鯪鯉
	Zhouning	鯪鯉
	Fuding	鯪鯉
	Sibu (Minqing)	鯪鯉
Southern Min	Xiamen	鯪鯉, 步山虎
	Quanzhou	鯪鯉
	Jinjiang	鯪鯉
	Zhangzhou	鯪鯉
	Taipei	鯪鯉
	Kaohsiung	鯪鯉
	Yilan	鯪鯉
	Penang (Hokkien)	鯪鯉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鯪鯉
	Chaozhou	鯪鯉
	Shantou	鯪鯉
	Jieyang	鯪鯉
	Haifeng	鯪鯉
	Singapore (Teochew)	鯪鯉
	Leizhou	羅鯉鱗
	Haikou	鱗鯉鱗
Puxian Min	Putian	鯪鯉
	Xianyou	鯪鯉
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	穿山甲
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	山裡魚
Xiang	Hengyang	穿山子, 鯪甲
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	甲蟲
	Dong'an	鱗甲