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蜈蜞

蜈蜞

Chinese

		centipede	grapsus
simp. and trad. (蜈蜞)		蜈	蜞

Noun

蜈蜞

(Min Nan) leech

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): gô͘-khî / ngô͘-khî / mô͘-khî

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Hsinchu, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô͘-khî
  - Tâi-lô: gôo-khî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: go'qii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gɔ²⁴⁻²² kʰi²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gɔ²⁴⁻²² kʰi²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gɔ¹³⁻²² kʰi¹³/
- (Hokkien: Tainan, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘-khî
  - Tâi-lô: ngôo-khî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngo'qii
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-khî
  - Tâi-lô: môo-khî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mo'qii
  - IPA (Taipei): /mɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ²³⁻³³ kʰi²³/