椰子蟹

Chinese

		coconut	crab
trad. (椰子蟹)		椰子	蟹
simp. ^#(椰子蟹)		椰子	蟹

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “calque of "coconut crab", or independently developed?”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yēzixiè, yézixiè

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝ ˙ㄗㄒㄧㄝˋ, ㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄗㄒㄧㄝˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yēzixiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝ ˙ㄗㄒㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yezi̊hsiè
  - Wade–Giles: yeh¹-tzŭ⁵-hsieh⁴
  - Yale: yē-dz-syè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ie.tzyshieh
  - Palladius: ецзысе (jeczyse)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩² ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yézixiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄗㄒㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yézi̊hsiè
  - Wade–Giles: yeh²-tzŭ⁵-hsieh⁴
  - Yale: yé-dz-syè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ye.tzyshieh
  - Palladius: ецзысе (jeczyse)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

Noun

椰子蟹

coconut crab

Japanese

Kanji in this term
椰	子	蟹
や Jinmeiyō	し Grade: 1	かに > がに Jinmeiyō
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 椰子 (yashi, “palm”) +‎ 蟹 (kani, “crab”). The kani changes to gani as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やしがに [yàshíꜜgànì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ja̠ɕiɡa̠ɲ̟i]

Noun

椰(や)子(し)蟹(がに) or 椰子蟹(ヤシガニ) • (yashigani)

coconut crab

Synonyms

まっかん蟹(がに) (makkangani)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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