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章魚

章魚

See also: 章鱼

Chinese

		chapter; seal; section	fish
trad. (章魚)		章	魚
simp. (章鱼)		章	鱼

Noun

章魚

octopus

See also

花枝 (huāzhī)
烏賊／乌贼 (wūzéi)
魷魚／鱿鱼 (yóuyú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
章	魚
Grade: 3	Grade: 2
Irregular

Noun

章魚 ‎(hiragana たこ, katakana タコ, romaji tako)

Alternative spelling of 蛸

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhāngyú

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄤㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng¹ jyu⁴, zoeng¹ jyu^4-2
Min Nan (POJ): chiuⁿ-hî / chiuⁿ-hû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhāngyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄤㄩˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jangyu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoeng¹ jyu⁴, zoeng¹ jyu^4-2
  - Yale: jēung yùh, jēung yú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng¹ jy⁴, dzoeng¹ jy^4-2
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕœːŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹/, /t͡ɕœːŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiuⁿ-hî / chiuⁿ-hû
  - Tâi-lô: tsiunn-hî / tsiunn-hû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviu'hii, cviu'huu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiũ⁴⁴⁻²² hi²⁴/, /t͡ɕiũ⁴⁴⁻²² hu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiũ³³ hi²⁴/, /t͡ɕiũ³³ hu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiũ⁴⁴⁻²² hi¹³/, /t͡ɕiũ⁴⁴⁻²² hu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ hi²⁴/, /t͡ɕiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ hu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ hi²³/, /t͡ɕiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ hu²³/