鱟魚

Chinese

		horseshoe crab	fish
trad. (鱟魚)		鱟	魚
simp. (鲎鱼)		鲎	鱼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòuyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ jyu^4-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hāu-hî / hāu-hû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòuyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòuyú
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-yü²
    • Yale: hòu-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howyu
    • Palladius: хоуюй (xoujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ jyu^4-2
    • Yale: hauh yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ jy^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ yu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-hî
    • Tâi-lô: hāu-hî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hauxhii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hau³³⁻²¹ hi²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-hû
    • Tâi-lô: hāu-hû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hauxhuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /hau³³⁻¹¹ hu²⁴/

Noun

鱟魚

1. horseshoe crab
2. (Taiwan) flat needlefish (Ablennes hians)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鱟 (“horseshoe crab”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鱟, 鱟魚
Taxonomic name		鱟
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鱟, 鋼盔魚, 夫妻魚, 鴛鴦魚
	Singapore	鱟
Cantonese	Guangzhou	海鱟, 鱟魚
	Hong Kong	馬蹄蟹
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鱟
Southern Min	Xiamen	鱟, 海怪
	Quanzhou	鱟
	Zhangzhou	鱟, 海怪
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	海鱟
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	鱟
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	鱟
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	鱟
	Tainan	鱟
	Tainan (Anping)	鱟
	Penghu (Xiyu)	鱟
	Penang (Hokkien)	鱟
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鱟
	Leizhou	鱟

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鱟	魚
Hyōgai	Grade: 2
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 鱟魚 – see the following entry.

【兜蟹かぶとがに】 [noun] [from 1666] Japanese horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus); (more generally) horseshoe crab Alternative spellings 甲蟹, 鱟, カブトガニ

(This term, 鱟魚, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)