水母
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Chinese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shuěimǔ
- Wade–Giles: shui3-mu3
- Yale: shwěi-mǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeimuu
- Palladius: шуйму (šujmu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: seoi2 mou5
- Yale: séui móuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: soey2 mou5
- Guangdong Romanization: sêu2 mou5
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵy̯³⁵ mou̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-bú
- Tâi-lô: tsuí-bú
- Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'buo
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bu⁴¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bu⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-bó
- Tâi-lô: tsuí-bó
- Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'boir
- IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɤ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
- Middle Chinese: sywijX muwX
Noun
水母
- jellyfish (Classifier: 隻／只; 條／条)
- 《廣志》曰：水母，如羊胃，在海中常浮，聞人聲沉水底。可生切食。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 太平御覽
- “Guǎngzhì” yuē: shuǐmǔ, rú yáng wèi, zài hǎizhōng cháng fú, wén rénshēng chén shuǐdǐ. Kě shēng qiè shí. [Pinyin]
- The Guangzhi says: "Jellyfish resemble the stomach of a goat, and constantly float in the ocean. When it hears the voice of people, it sinks to the bottom of the water. It can be sliced and eaten raw."
《广志》曰：水母，如羊胃，在海中常浮，闻人声沉水底。可生切食。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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