菱角

Chinese

		Trapa natans; water caltrop	horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note
trad. (菱角)		菱	角
simp. #(菱角)		菱	角

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língjiao

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ gok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-kak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língjiao
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língjiåo
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-chiao⁵
    • Yale: líng-jyau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling.jiau
    • Palladius: линцзяо (linczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ d͡ʑ̥i̯ɑʊ̯³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ gok³
    • Yale: lìhng gok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ gok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ gog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ kɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-kak
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-kak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengkag
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kak̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² kak̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kak̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ kak̚³²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 菱角

1. water caltrop
2. (Taishan) spinning top

Synonyms

• (water caltrop): (Hakka) 羊角仔

Dialectal synonyms of 陀螺 (“spinning top”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		陀螺
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	漢奸
	Taiwan	陀螺
	Singapore	陀螺
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	地轉轉兒, 地轉子, 牛牛兒, 牛牛, 賤皮子
	Guiyang	格螺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	地陀, 下流胚
	Yangzhou	牛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	擰螺, 定螺, 陀螺, 車乜
	Hong Kong	陀螺
	Taishan	菱角, 擰螺
Gan	Nanchang	陀螺
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	奇樂
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	極樂仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	獨樂
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	缺樂
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	獨樂
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	獨樂
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	極樂仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	極樂
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	極樂仔, 極樂
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	摔
Huizhou	Jixi	賤鞭螺
Jin	Xinzhou	猴兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	榛迷
Southern Min	Xiamen	矸轆
	Quanzhou	矸轆
	Zhangzhou	矸螺
	Taipei	矸轆
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	矸轆
	Kaohsiung	矸轆
	Yilan	矸轆
	Changhua (Lukang)	矸轆
	Taichung	矸轆
	Tainan	矸轆
	Hsinchu	矸轆
	Kinmen	矸轆
	Penghu (Magong)	矸轆, 柴佛
	Manila (Hokkien)	矸轆
	Longyan	陀螺
	Haikou	牛六
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	陀螺
Xiang	Changsha	得螺
	Loudi	地擂公

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 菱角

1. (～鎮, formerly ～鄉) Lingjiao (a town in Wuxi, Chongqing, China, formerly a township)

(deprecated template usage)