大水蝶

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	water; river	butterfly
trad. (大水蝶)		大	水	蝶
simp. #(大水蝶)		大	水	蝶

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-chúi-ia̍h

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-chúi-ia̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-tsuí-ia̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxzuyiah
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iaʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iaʔ⁴/

Noun

大水蝶

1. (Hokkien) winged ant (usually appears before strong rain)

Synonyms

• 水蟻／水蚁 (shuǐyǐ)
• (Hakka, Hokkien) 大水蟻／大水蚁
• (Hokkien) 大水蝶仔