峇仔

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (峇仔)		峇	仔
alternative forms		磨仔 末仔 磨頁／磨页 磨野

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay buaya.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): boah-á / boa̍h-á / ba̍h-á / bôa-á / bôa-iá

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boah-á
    • Tâi-lô: buah-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boah'ar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boa̍h-á
    • Tâi-lô: bua̍h-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boaq'ar
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²² a⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍h-á
    • Tâi-lô: ba̍h-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baq'ar
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ba(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²² a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôa-á
    • Tâi-lô: buâ-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boa'ar
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bua¹³⁻²² a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôa-iá
    • Tâi-lô: buâ-iá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boa'iar
    • IPA (Singapore): /bua²⁴⁻²¹ ia⁴²/
    • IPA (Penang): /bua²³⁻²¹ ia⁴⁴⁵/

Noun

峇仔

1. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Indonesian, Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien) crocodile

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鱷魚 (“crocodile; alligator”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鱷, 忽雷, 骨雷
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鱷
Taxonomic name		鱷
Mandarin	Taiwan	鱷魚
	Singapore	鱷魚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鱷魚
	Hong Kong	鱷魚
	Taishan	鱷魚
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鱷魚
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鱷魚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鱷魚
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	鱷魚
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	鱷魚
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	鱷魚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鱷魚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鱷魚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鱷魚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鱷魚
	Senai (Huiyang)	鱷魚
Southern Min	Xiamen	峇仔
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	鱷魚
	Zhangzhou	峇仔
	Zhao'an	鱷魚
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	鱷魚
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	鱷魚
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	鱷魚
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	鱷魚
	Yilan (Toucheng)	鱷魚
	Tainan	鱷魚
	Tainan (Anping)	鱷魚
	Penghu (Xiyu)	鱷魚
	Penang (Hokkien)	峇仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	峇仔, 鱷魚
	Manila (Hokkien)	鱷魚
	Chaozhou	鱷魚
	Shantou	鱷魚
	Jieyang	鱷魚, 峇囝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	峇囝
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	峇囝
	Singapore (Teochew)	峇囝
	Pontianak (Teochew)	峇囝