寄居蟹

Chinese

		to live away from home	crab
trad. (寄居蟹)		寄居	蟹
simp. #(寄居蟹)		寄居	蟹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìjūxiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄩ ㄒㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei³ geoi¹ haai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìjūxiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄩ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìjyusiè
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-chü¹-hsieh⁴
    • Yale: jì-jyū-syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihjiushieh
    • Palladius: цзицзюйсе (cziczjujse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei³ geoi¹ haai⁵
    • Yale: gei gēui háaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei³ goey¹ haai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi³ gêu¹ hai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³³ kɵy̯⁵⁵ haːi̯¹³/

Noun

寄居蟹

1. hermit crab

Synonyms

• 寄生蟹 (jìshēngxiè)
• 螖蠌／螖𰲵
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 寄生仔, 寄生 (jìshēng), 寄仔生, 漿寄生／浆寄生, 螺仔鬼, 哈螺
• (Wenzhou) 蟹螺