寄仔生

Chinese

		lodge at; to mail; to send lodge at; to mail; to send; to entrust; to depend	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (寄仔生)		寄	仔	生

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiat-á-siⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat-á-siⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kiat-á-sinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiat'afsvy
    • IPA (Kinmen): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁵⁴ a⁵³⁻²⁴ sĩ⁴⁴/

Noun

寄仔生

1. (Kinmen Hokkien) hermit crab

Synonyms

• 寄居蟹 (jìjūxiè)
• 寄生蟹 (jìshēngxiè)
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 寄生仔, 寄生 (jìshēng), 漿寄生／浆寄生, 螺仔鬼, 哈螺