螵蛸

Chinese

			octopus
trad. (螵蛸)		螵	蛸
simp. #(螵蛸)		螵	蛸
alternative forms		蜱蛸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piāoxiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠ ㄒㄧㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piāoxiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠ ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piaosiao
    • Wade–Giles: pʻiao¹-hsiao¹
    • Yale: pyāu-syāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piaushiau
    • Palladius: пяосяо (pjaosjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bjiew|phjiew sjew

Rime
Character	螵	螵	蛸
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	滂 (2)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	符霄切	撫招切	相邀切
Baxter	bjiew	phjiew	sjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biᴇu/	/pʰiᴇu/	/siᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/biɛu/	/pʰiɛu/	/siɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/bjæu/	/pʰjæu/	/sjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biaw/	/pʰiaw/	/siaw/
Li Rong	/biɛu/	/pʰiɛu/	/siɛu/
Wang Li	/bĭɛu/	/pʰĭɛu/	/sĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ɛu/	/pʰi̯ɛu/	/si̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	piáo	piāo	xiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	piu4	piu1	siu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bew|pʰew  sew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螵	螵	蛸
Reading #	2/2	1/2	2/2
No.	9782	9754	13746
Phonetic component	票	票	肖
Rime group	宵	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	瓢	爂	宵
Old Chinese	/*bew/	/*pʰew/	/*sew/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 螵蛸

1. egg-case of the praying mantis
2. (literary) Short for 海螵蛸 (hǎipiāoxiāo, “cuttlebone”).

Synonyms

• (cuttlebone): 海螵蛸 (hǎipiāoxiāo), 烏賊骨／乌贼骨 (wūzéigǔ); (Min Nan) 墨賊船／墨贼船

Derived terms

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