水蜘蛛

Chinese

		water; river	spider
simp. and trad. (水蜘蛛)		水	蜘蛛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐzhīzhū

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓ ㄓㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² zi¹ zyu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-ti-tu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐzhīzhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓ ㄓㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěijhihjhu
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-chih¹-chu¹
    • Yale: shwěi-jr̄-jū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeijyju
    • Palladius: шуйчжичжу (šujčžičžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² zi¹ zyu¹
    • Yale: séui jī jyū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² dzi¹ dzy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² ji¹ ju¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡syː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-ti-tu
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-ti-tu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'di'dw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻²² tu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ti³³ tu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻²² tu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ tu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ tu⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 水蜘蛛

1. water spider; diving bell spider (Argyroneta aquatica)
2. water strider (family Gerridae)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	蜘	蛛
みず Grade: 1	Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
irregular

Etymology

水 (mizu, “water”) +‎ 蜘蛛 (kumo, “spider”)

Noun

1. a water spider