Chinese

Noun

牡蠣

1. oyster

Synonyms

• 海蠣子／海蛎子 (hǎilìzi)
• 蠔／蚝 (háo)
• 蠔子／蚝子 (háozi)
• (Min Nan) 蚵仔 (ô-á), 蚵 (kè)

Derived terms

References

• 牡蠣 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) か​き [káꜜkì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠kʲi]

Noun

牡蠣 ‎(hiragana かき, katakana カキ, romaji kaki)

1. oyster (edible)

See also

• 真珠貝 (しんじゅがい) ‎(shinjugai, “pearl oyster”) (inedible)

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3