鯪鯉

See also: 鲮鲤

Chinese

		pangolin; Manis pentadactylata	carp
trad. (鯪鯉)		鯪	鯉
simp. (鲮鲤)		鲮	鲤
alternative forms		蠟鯉／蜡鲤 Eastern Min 喇狸 Eastern Min 喇鯉／喇鲤 Eastern Min 拉里 Eastern Min 蟟鯉／蟟鲤 Hokkien 蠟鯉／蜡鲤 Eastern Min 喇狸 Eastern Min 喇鯉／喇鲤 Eastern Min 拉里 Eastern Min 蟟鯉／蟟鲤 Hokkien 獵里 Teochew

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línglǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ lei⁵
• Eastern Min (BUC): là-lī / lìng-lī
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lâ-lî / lâ-lí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lah⁸ li² / lêng⁵ li²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línglǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línglǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-li³
    • Yale: líng-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linglii
    • Palladius: линли (linli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ lei⁵
    • Yale: lìhng léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ lei̯¹³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: là-lī / lìng-lī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃a⁵³⁻³³ l̃i³³/, /l̃iŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(l-)nˡi³³/

Note:

• là-lī - colloquial;
• lìng-lī - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâ-lî
    • Tâi-lô: lâ-lî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lalii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /la²⁴⁻²² li²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /la¹³⁻²² li¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâ-lí
    • Tâi-lô: lâ-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lalie
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /la²⁴⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /la²⁴⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /la²⁴⁻²¹ li⁴²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /la²³⁻³³ li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Penang): /la²³⁻²¹ li⁴⁴⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lah⁸ li² / lêng⁵ li²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: la̍h lí / lêng lí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laʔ⁴⁻² li⁵²/, /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ li⁵²/

Note:

• lah8 li2 - colloquial;
• lêng5 li2 - literary.

Noun

鯪鯉

1. 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
Mandarin	Taiwan	穿山甲
	Guiyang	穿山甲
	Liuzhou	穿山甲
	Singapore	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
	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
	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