生蠔

See also: 生蚝

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	oyster
trad. (生蠔)		生	蠔
simp. (生蚝)		生	蚝

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngháo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄏㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ hou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄏㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengháo
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-hao²
    • Yale: shēng-háu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenghaur
    • Palladius: шэнхао (šɛnxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang¹ hou⁴
    • Yale: sāang hòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ hou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ hou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ hou̯²¹/

Noun

生蠔

1. oyster

   烤生蠔／烤生蚝  ―  kǎo shēngháo  ―  grilled oysters

   酥炸生蠔／酥炸生蚝 [Cantonese]  ―  sou¹ zaa³ saang¹ hou⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  deep-fried oysters

Usage notes

It can be used to refer to both raw and cooked oyster, despite the first character originally meaning "raw".

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蠣, 蠔, 牡蠣, 牡蛤, 蠣蛤, 古賁
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牡蠣, 蠔, 海蠣子, 海蠣
Taxonomic name		牡蠣
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	牡蠣, 蚵仔, 蚵
	Malaysia	蠔
	Singapore	蠔
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	海蠣子
Southwestern Mandarin	Nanning (Wuming)	蠔
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蠔
	Hong Kong	蠔, 生蠔
	Dongguan	蠔
	Yangjiang	蠔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蠔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蠔
Hakka	Meixian	蠔
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	生蠔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蚵仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蚵仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蚵仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蚵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蚵仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蚵
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蠣黃
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蠣
	Lianjiang	八蠣
	Fuqing	蠣
	Matsu	蠣
	Singapore (Fuqing)	蠣
Southern Min	Xiamen	蚵仔, 蚵
	Quanzhou	蚵仔, 蚵
	Zhangzhou	蚵仔, 蚵
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	蚵仔
	Zhao'an	蚵仔
	Taipei	蚵仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蚵
	Kaohsiung	蚵仔
	Yilan	蚵仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	蚵仔
	Taichung	蚵仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	蚵
	Tainan	蚵仔
	Taitung	蚵仔
	Hsinchu	蚵仔
	Kinmen	蚵
	Penghu (Magong)	蚵
	Penang (Hokkien)	蚵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蚵
	Manila (Hokkien)	蚵仔
	Chaozhou	蠔
	Shantou	蠔, 水生
	Shantou (Chenghai)	蠔
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	蠔
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	蠔仔
	Jieyang	蠔, 水生, 水魚
	Haifeng	蠔
	Singapore (Teochew)	蠔
	Leizhou	蠔
	Wenchang	蠔
Puxian Min	Putian	蚮
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	蠔
	Xianyou	蚮, 蠔
Wu	Ningbo	蠣黃
	Wenzhou	蠣膏

Dialectal synonyms of 牡蠣 (“oyster”) [map]