殼灰

Chinese

		shell	grey; ash
trad. (殼灰)		殼	灰
simp. (壳灰)		壳	灰

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kéhuī

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄟ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khak-he / khak-her / khak-hoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kéhuī
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kéhuei
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo²-hui¹
  - Yale: ké-hwēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kerhuei
  - Palladius: кэхуэй (kɛxuej)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khak-he
  - Tâi-lô: khak-he
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qakhef
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kʰak̚³²⁻⁴ he⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khak-her
  - Tâi-lô: khak-her
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰak̚⁵⁻²⁴ hə³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khak-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: khak-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qakhoef
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰak̚³²⁻⁴ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰak̚³²⁻⁵ hue⁴⁴/

Noun

殼灰

lime made from oyster shells (instead of limestone)

Related terms

石灰 (shíhuī)