大鯢

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	Cryptobranchus japonicus; salamander
trad. (大鯢)		大	鯢
simp. (大鲵)		大	鲵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàní

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄋㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ ngai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàní
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄋㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàní
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ni²
    • Yale: dà-ní
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahni
    • Palladius: дани (dani)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ni³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ ngai⁴
    • Yale: daaih ngàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ ngai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ ngei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² ŋɐi̯²¹/

Noun

大鯢

1. giant salamander

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 娃娃魚 (“giant salamander”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鯢, 鯢魚, 人魚
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		大鯢
Taxonomic name		大鯢
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	娃娃魚
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	娃娃魚
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	娃娃魚
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	娃娃魚
	Liuzhou	娃娃魚
Cantonese	Hong Kong	娃娃魚
Huizhou	Jixi	娃娃魚, 海狗魚
Jin	Xinzhou	娃娃魚兒