大王烏賊

Chinese

		king; the red joker, one of the two jokers that has a more reddish or colorful appearance	cuttlefish
trad. (大王烏賊)		大王	烏賊
simp. (大王乌贼)		大王	乌贼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàwáng wūzéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ ㄨ ㄗㄟˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàwáng wūzéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ ㄨ ㄗㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàwáng wuzéi
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-wang² wu¹-tsei²
    • Yale: dà-wáng wū-dzéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahwang utzeir
    • Palladius: даван уцзэй (davan uczɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ wɑŋ³⁵ u⁵⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵/

Noun

大王烏賊

1. (Taiwan) giant squid

   Synonyms: 大王魷魚／大王鱿鱼 (dàwáng yóuyú), (Mainland China, Hong Kong) 巨烏賊／巨乌贼 (jùwūzéi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	王	烏	賊
だい Grade: 1	おう Grade: 1	いか
		Jinmeiyō	Grade: S
goon		jukujikun

Etymology

From 大王 (daiō, “great king”) +‎ 烏賊 (ika, “squid”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だいお​ーいか [dàíóꜜò ìkà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [da̠io̞ː ika̠]

Noun

大(だい)王(おう)烏賊(いか) or 大王烏賊(ダイオウイカ) • (daiō ika) ^{←だいわういか (daiwau ika)?}

1. a giant squid

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with 大王酸漿烏賊 (daiō hōzuki ika, “colossal squid”)