八爪魚

Chinese

		eight	claw	fish
trad. (八爪魚)		八	爪	魚
simp. (八爪鱼)		八	爪	鱼
Literally: “eight claw fish”.

Etymology

Referring to the animal's eight arms. Compare Ancient Greek ὀκτώπους (oktṓpous) ( < ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) + πούς (poús, “foot”)).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāzhuǎyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄓㄨㄚˇ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): baat³ zaau² jyu⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): bat¹ zau² ngui^4*

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāzhuǎyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄓㄨㄚˇ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bajhuǎyú
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-chua³-yü²
    • Yale: bā-jwǎ-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bajoayu
    • Palladius: бачжуаюй (bačžuajuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ zaau² jyu⁴
    • Yale: baat jáau yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ dzaau² jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ zao² yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ t͡saːu̯³⁵ jyː²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: bat¹ zau² ngui^4*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pat̚³³ t͡sau⁵⁵ ᵑɡui²¹⁻²¹⁵/

Noun

八爪魚

1. (regional, colloquial) octopus

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 章魚 (“octopus”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		章舉
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		章魚, 蛸
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	章魚
	Harbin	八大魚
	Singapore	八爪魚
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	八帶蛸
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	蛸, 八帶蛸
Cantonese	Guangzhou	章魚, 八爪魚
	Hong Kong	章魚, 八爪魚
	Dongguan	章魚, 八爪魚
	Nanning	八爪魚
Hakka	Meixian	章魚, 八帶魚
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	章魚
Southern Min	Xiamen	章魚
	Dongshan	猴水
	Tainan	章魚, 咃鰸
	Penang (Hokkien)	豬母酸
	Singapore (Hokkien)	墨斗魚
Puxian Min	Putian	章魚
Wu	Shanghai	烏賊魚, 章魚
	Ningbo	望潮
	Ningbo (Zhenhai)	望潮
	Wenzhou	章魚