步山虎

Chinese

		a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process	mountain; hill	tiger
trad. (步山虎)		步	山	虎
simp. #(步山虎)		步	山	虎

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pō͘-soaⁿ-hó͘

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-soaⁿ-hó͘
    • Tâi-lô: pōo-suann-hóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poxsvoa'hor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ suã⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ⁵³/

Noun

步山虎

1. (Xiamen Hokkien) pangolin

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 穿山甲 (“pangolin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鯪鯉, 龍鯉
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		穿山甲, 鯪鯉
Taxonomic name		穿山甲
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	穿山甲
	Singapore	穿山甲
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	穿山甲
	Liuzhou	穿山甲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	穿山甲
	Hong Kong	穿山甲
	Dongguan	穿山甲
Gan	Nanchang	穿山甲
	Pengze	鑽山甲
	Lichuan	穿山甲, 關穿
	Pingxiang	鱗鱗甲
Hakka	Meixian	鰱鯉
	Xingning	鰱鯉
	Huidong (Daling)	過山甲
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	鱗甲
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	鰱鯉
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	甲鱗
	Changting	鰱鯉
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	穿山甲, 鰱鯉
	Wuping	鰱鯉
	Wuping (Pingyu)	鰱鯉
	Liancheng	鰱鯉
	Ninghua	鰱鯉
	Yudu	鱗甲
	Ruijin	鱗鯉
	Shicheng	鰱鯉
	Shangyou (Shexi)	鱗甲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鰱鯉
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鰱鯉
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鰱鯉
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鰱鯉
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鰱鯉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鰱鯉
	Singkawang	鰱鯉
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鯪鯉甲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鯪鯉
	Fuzhou (Changle)	鯪鯉
	Fuqing	鯪鯉
	Yongtai	鯪鯉
	Gutian	鯪鯉
	Fu'an	鯪鯉
	Ningde	鯪鯉
	Shouning	鯪鯉
	Zhouning	鯪鯉
	Fuding	鯪鯉
	Sibu (Minqing)	鯪鯉
Southern Min	Xiamen	鯪鯉, 步山虎
	Quanzhou	鯪鯉
	Jinjiang	鯪鯉
	Zhangzhou	鯪鯉
	Taipei	鯪鯉
	Kaohsiung	鯪鯉
	Yilan	鯪鯉
	Penang (Hokkien)	鯪鯉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鯪鯉
	Chaozhou	鯪鯉
	Shantou	鯪鯉
	Jieyang	鯪鯉
	Haifeng	鯪鯉
	Singapore (Teochew)	鯪鯉
	Leizhou	羅鯉鱗
	Haikou	鱗鯉鱗
Puxian Min	Putian	鯪鯉
	Xianyou	鯪鯉
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	穿山甲
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	山裡魚
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	甲蟲
	Dong'an	鱗甲