椰子蟹

Chinese

		coconut	crab
trad. (椰子蟹)		椰子	蟹
simp. #(椰子蟹)		椰子	蟹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yēzixiè, yézixiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝ ˙ㄗ ㄒㄧㄝˋ, ㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄗ ㄒㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yēzixiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝ ˙ㄗ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yezi̊hsiè
    • Wade–Giles: yeh¹-tzŭ⁵-hsieh⁴
    • Yale: yē-dz-syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ie.tzyshieh
    • Palladius: ецзысе (jeczyse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩² ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yézixiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄗ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yézi̊hsiè
    • Wade–Giles: yeh²-tzŭ⁵-hsieh⁴
    • Yale: yé-dz-syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ye.tzyshieh
    • Palladius: ецзысе (jeczyse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

Noun

椰子蟹

1. coconut crab

Japanese

Kanji in this term
椰	子	蟹
や Jinmeiyō	し Grade: 1	かに > がに Jinmeiyō
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 椰子 (yashi, “palm”) +‎ 蟹 (kani, “crab”). The kani changes to gani as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やし​がに [yàshíꜜgànì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠ɕiɡa̠ɲ̟i]

Noun

椰(や)子(し)蟹(がに) or 椰子蟹(ヤシガニ) • (yashigani) 

1. coconut crab

Synonyms

• まっかん蟹(がに) (makkangani)