蟹膏

Chinese

		crab	ointment; paste
trad. (蟹膏)		蟹	膏
simp. #(蟹膏)		蟹	膏

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haai⁵ gou¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): hai³ gau¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵ha-kau

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haai⁵ gou¹
    • Yale: háaih gōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haai⁵ gou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hai⁵ gou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːi̯¹³ kou̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hai³ gau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /haɪ³¹ kau⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵ha-kau
    • MiniDict: ha^去 kau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ha-kau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ha³³ kɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

蟹膏

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Wu) the ovaries, roe and digestive tract of a female crab (as a food delicacy)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蟹黃 (“ovaries, roe and digestive tract of the crab”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蟹黃
Mandarin	Taiwan	蟹黃
	Harbin	蟹子黃兒
	Jinan	蟹黃
	Luoyang	蟹黃
	Xi'an	蟹黃
	Ürümqi	蟹黃
	Wuhan	蟹黃
	Chengdu	蟹黃
	Liuzhou	蟹黃
	Xuzhou	蟹黃
	Yangzhou	蟹黃
	Nanjing	蟹黃
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蟹膏
	Hong Kong	蟹膏, 蟹黃
	Dongguan	蟹膏
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蟹膏
Gan	Lichuan	蟹黃
Hakka	Meixian	蟹黃, 蟹膏
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	蟹膏
Jin	Taiyuan	蟹黃
Southern Min	Xiamen	蟳膏, 蟳仁
	Quanzhou	蟳膏
	Zhangzhou	蟳仔膏
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蟳膏
	Singapore (Teochew)	蟹膏
	Leizhou	蟹膏
	Haikou	蟹膏, 膏
Wu	Shanghai	蟹黃
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蟹黃
	Suzhou	蟹黃
	Danyang	蟹黃
	Hangzhou	蟹黃兒
	Ningbo	蟹黃
	Jinhua	蟹黃