兩棲

Chinese

		both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	to roost; to inhabit; to stay to roost; to inhabit; to stay; habitat
trad. (兩棲)		兩	棲
simp. (两栖)		两	栖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎngqī

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵ cai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lióng-chhe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎngqī
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎngci
    • Wade–Giles: liang³-chʻi¹
    • Yale: lyǎng-chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leangchi
    • Palladius: лянци (ljanci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁵ cai¹
    • Yale: léuhng chāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵ tsai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵ cei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³ t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lióng-chhe
    • Tâi-lô: lióng-tshe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liofngzhef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰe³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/

Verb

兩棲

1. (biology) to be amphibious
2. to be engaged in two distinct fields