"牡蠣" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /maːu̯¹³ lɐi̯²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /mɐu̯¹³ lɐi̯²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/, /maːu̯¹³ lɐi̯²²/, /mɐu̯¹³ lɐi̯²²/ Chinese transliterations: mǔlì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄇㄨˇ ㄌㄧˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], maau⁵ lai⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], mau⁵ lai⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], mǔlì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], mǔlì [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], mu³-li⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], mǔ-lì [Mandarin, Yale], muulih [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], мули [Mandarin, Palladius], muli [Mandarin, Palladius], máauh laih [Cantonese, Yale], máuh laih [Cantonese, Yale], maau⁵ lai⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], mau⁵ lai⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], mao⁵ lei⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], meo⁵ lei⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Probably from 蠣 (OC *mə-rat-s), with the preinitial *mə- written out as 牡 (Baxter and Sagart, 2020). Etymology templates: {{och-l|蠣|tr=*mə-rat-s}} 蠣 (OC *mə-rat-s), {{zh-l|*牡}} 牡, {{zh-ref|Baxter and Sagart, 2020}} Baxter and Sagart, 2020 Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 牡蠣
  1. oyster Categories (topical): Seafood Categories (lifeform): Bivalves Derived forms: 牡蠣煎, 牡蛎煎, 鍛牡蠣 (duànmǔlì), 锻牡蛎 (duànmǔlì)
    Sense id: en-牡蠣-zh-noun-8IaJ8U40 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese links with redundant alt parameters, Chinese links with redundant wikilinks Synonyms: [Classical-Chinese], [Classical-Chinese], 牡蠣 [Classical-Chinese], 牡蛤 [Classical-Chinese], 蠣蛤 [Classical-Chinese], 古賁 [Classical-Chinese], 牡蠣 [formal, Standard-Chinese], [formal, Standard-Chinese], 海蠣子 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 海蠣 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 牡蠣, 牡蠣 [Mandarin, Taiwan], 蚵仔 [Mandarin, Taiwan], [Mandarin, Taiwan], 海蠣子 [Mandarin, Muping, Yantai], [Mandarin, Nanning], [Mandarin, Malaysia], [Mandarin, Singapore], [Cantonese, Guangzhou], [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 生蠔 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], [Cantonese, Dongguan], [Cantonese, Yangjiang], [Cantonese, Guangfu, Kuala-Lumpur], [Cantonese, Guangfu, Singapore], [Hakka, Meixian], 蚵仔 [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Northern], 蚵仔 [Hakka, Sixian, Pingtung], 蚵仔 [Hakka, Hsinchu-County], [Hakka, Taichung], [Hakka, Yunlin], 蠣黃 [Jian'ou], [Fuzhou], 八蠣 [Lianjiang], , [Singapore], 蚵仔 [Xiamen], [Xiamen], 蚵仔 [Quanzhou], [Quanzhou], 蚵仔 [Zhangzhou], [Zhangzhou], 蚵仔 [Changtai, Zhangzhou], 蚵仔 [Zhao'an], 蚵仔 [Taipei], , 蚵仔 [Kaohsiung], 蚵仔 [Yilan], 蚵仔 [Lukang], 蚵仔 [Taichung], [Taichung], 蚵仔 [Tainan], 蚵仔, [Kinmen], [Hokkien, Penang], [Hokkien, Singapore], 蚵仔 [Hokkien, Manila], [Chaozhou], , 水生, 蠔仔, [Jieyang], 水生 [Jieyang], 水魚 [Jieyang], [Singapore, Teochew], [Leizhou], [Wenchang], [Puxian-Min], [Puxian-Min], 蠣黃 [Wu, Ningbo], 蠣膏 [Wu, Wenzhou]

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ka̠kʲi] Forms: 牡蠣 [canonical] (ruby: 牡蠣(かき)), 牡蠣 [canonical] (ruby: 牡蠣(カキ)), kaki [romanization]
Etymology: Probably a shift from either: * 掻き (kaki, “scratching, scraping”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 掻く (kaku, “to scratch, to scrape”), from the way that oysters are harvested by scraping them off of the oyster bed * 欠き (kaki, “breaking, chipping”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 欠く (kaku, “to break, to chip”), from the way that one must break or chip an oyster shell to get at the meat The spelling is from Chinese 牡蠣/牡蛎 (mǔlì), as an example of jukujikun (熟字訓). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|掻き||scratching, scraping|tr=kaki}} 掻き (kaki, “scratching, scraping”), {{m|ja|連用形||continuative or stem form|tr=ren'yōkei}} 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”), {{m|ja|掻く||to scratch, to scrape|tr=kaku}} 掻く (kaku, “to scratch, to scrape”), {{m|ja|欠き||breaking, chipping|tr=kaki}} 欠き (kaki, “breaking, chipping”), {{m|ja|連用形||continuative or stem form|tr=ren'yōkei}} 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”), {{m|ja|欠く||to break, to chip|tr=kaku}} 欠く (kaku, “to break, to chip”), {{der|ja|zh|牡蠣|sort=かき}} Chinese 牡蠣/牡蛎 (mǔlì), {{m|ja|熟字訓}} 熟字訓, {{jukujikun|sort=かき}} jukujikun (熟字訓) Head templates: {{ja-noun|かき|カキ}} 牡蠣(かき) or 牡蠣(カキ) • (kaki)
  1. oyster (edible)
    Sense id: en-牡蠣-ja-noun-OdsH~Bmi Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [bo̞ɾe̞ː] Forms: 牡蠣 [canonical] (ruby: (), (れい)), borei [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 牡蠣 (MC muwX ljejH). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=ほれい'}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|牡蠣}} 牡蠣 (MC muwX ljejH) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ぼれい}} 牡(ぼ)蠣(れい) • (borei)
  1. an oyster Categories (lifeform): Bivalves
    Sense id: en-牡蠣-ja-noun-spaDb7tC Disambiguation of Bivalves: 23 45 33
  2. roasted and powdered oyster shell, used in antacids, sedatives, and as a bird feed additive Categories (topical): Seafood
    Sense id: en-牡蠣-ja-noun-L9NGLfOL Disambiguation of Seafood: 38 7 55 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 5 4 91 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 7 5 88 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 14 10 77 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 5 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 真珠貝 (inedible) (ruby: 真珠貝(しんじゅがい)) (english: pearl oyster)
Etymology number: 2

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          "word": "蠣"
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          "word": "蠣"
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          "word": "蚵仔"
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          "word": "蚵仔"
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          "word": "蚵仔"
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          "word": "蚵"
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          "word": "蚵"
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          "word": "蚵"
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        {
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          "word": "蚵"
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        {
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            "Manila"
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          "word": "蚵仔"
        },
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            "Chaozhou"
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          "word": "蠔"
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        {
          "word": "蠔"
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        {
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            "Jieyang"
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          "word": "水魚"
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            "Teochew"
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        },
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          "word": "蠔"
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            "Wenchang"
          ],
          "word": "蠔"
        },
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          "tags": [
            "Puxian-Min"
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          "word": "蚮"
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        {
          "tags": [
            "Puxian-Min"
          ],
          "word": "蠔"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Ningbo"
          ],
          "word": "蠣黃"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Wenzhou"
          ],
          "word": "蠣膏"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄨˇ ㄌㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maau⁵ lai⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mau⁵ lai⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǔlì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǔlì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mu³-li⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǔ-lì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "muulih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "мули"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "muli"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "máauh laih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "máuh laih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maau⁵ lai⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mau⁵ lai⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mao⁵ lei⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "meo⁵ lei⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maːu̯¹³ lɐi̯²²/",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐu̯¹³ lɐi̯²²/",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maːu̯¹³ lɐi̯²²/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/mɐu̯¹³ lɐi̯²²/"
    }
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}

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        "3": "",
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "熟字訓"
      },
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      "args": {
        "sort": "かき"
      },
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        "canonical"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "かき"
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      "ipa": "[ka̠kʲi]"
    }
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  ],
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}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ltc",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "牡蠣"
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    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "牡蠣",
      "ruby": [
        [
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          "ぼ"
        ],
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          "蠣",
          "れい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borei",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        [
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          "しんじゅがい"
        ]
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    }
  ],
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    {
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            "Lifeforms",
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            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "an oyster"
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        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 4 91",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
          "_dis": "7 5 88",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 10 77",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 5 88",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "sedative",
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        ],
        [
          "bird",
          "bird"
        ],
        [
          "feed",
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        ]
      ]
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    {
      "other": "ぼれー"
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      "ipa": "[bo̞ɾe̞ː]"
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  ],
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}
{
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      "word": "牡蠣煎"
    },
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    },
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      "roman": "duànmǔlì",
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      "depth": 0,
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        {
          "args": {
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        },
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            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "args": {
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        },
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            "4": "",
            "5": "",
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            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        },
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          "args": {
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            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
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            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
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            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
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            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
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            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
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      ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "*牡"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "noun"
      },
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        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        {
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          "text": "呢一碗呢就係阿膠熟地煲牡蠣,滋陰補氣,養血固胎嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]\n呢一碗呢就系阿胶熟地煲牡蛎,滋阴补气,养血固胎嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]\nni¹ jat¹ wun² ne¹ zau⁶ hai⁶ o¹ gaau¹ suk⁶ dei⁶ bou¹ maau⁵ lai⁶, zi¹ jam¹ bou² hei³, joeng⁵ hyut³ gu³ toi¹ ge³. [Jyutping]",
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      "tags": [
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maau⁵ lai⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mau⁵ lai⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǔlì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǔlì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mu³-li⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǔ-lì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "muulih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "мули"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "muli"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "máauh laih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "máuh laih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maau⁵ lai⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mau⁵ lai⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mao⁵ lei⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "meo⁵ lei⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maːu̯¹³ lɐi̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐu̯¹³ lɐi̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maːu̯¹³ lɐi̯²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐu̯¹³ lɐi̯²²/"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Classical-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "蠣"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "蠔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "牡蠣"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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        "Singapore"
      ],
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern"
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    },
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      "tags": [
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        "Pingtung"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hsinchu-County"
      ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Taichung"
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      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hsinchu-County"
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      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Yunlin"
      ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou"
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      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Lianjiang"
      ],
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    },
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      "word": "蠣"
    },
    {
      "word": "蠣"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Singapore"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Quanzhou"
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      "tags": [
        "Quanzhou"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Zhao'an"
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      "word": "蚵"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Taichung"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taichung"
      ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "word": "蚵仔"
    },
    {
      "word": "蚵仔"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "word": "蚵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Penang"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Manila"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chaozhou"
      ],
      "word": "蠔"
    },
    {
      "word": "蠔"
    },
    {
      "word": "水生"
    },
    {
      "word": "蠔"
    },
    {
      "word": "蠔"
    },
    {
      "word": "蠔仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jieyang"
      ],
      "word": "蠔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jieyang"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jieyang"
      ],
      "word": "水魚"
    },
    {
      "word": "蠔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Singapore",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "蠔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Leizhou"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wenchang"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Ningbo"
      ],
      "word": "蠣黃"
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      "tags": [
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