魔爪

Chinese

		devil	claw
trad. (魔爪)		魔	爪
simp. #(魔爪)		魔	爪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mózhǎo, mózhuǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄓㄠˇ, ㄇㄛˊ ㄓㄨㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹ zaau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-liáu / mô͘-niáu / mô͘-jiáu / mô͘-chóa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, literary)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mózhǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄓㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mójhǎo
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-chao³
    • Yale: mwó-jǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mojao
    • Palladius: мочжао (močžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, vernacular)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mózhuǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄓㄨㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mójhuǎ
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-chua³
    • Yale: mwó-jwǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mojoa
    • Palladius: мочжуа (močžua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo¹ zaau²
    • Yale: mō jáau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹ dzaau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo¹ zao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵ t͡saːu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-liáu
    • Tâi-lô: môo-liáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moliao
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² liau⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-niáu
    • Tâi-lô: môo-niáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moniao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² niãu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-jiáu
    • Tâi-lô: môo-jiáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mojiao
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² d͡ziau⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-chóa
    • Tâi-lô: môo-tsuá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mozoar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² t͡sua⁵³/

Noun

魔爪

1. (literally, figuratively) devil's talons or claws; evil clutches; tentacles