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alt. forms: 蜮 (yù)


蝌蚪

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (蝌蚪):
* → Japanese: 蝌蚪(かと) (kato)
* → Korean: 과두(蝌蚪) (gwadu)

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fɔː⁵⁵ tɐu̯³⁵/

/kʰuo⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾lɛu³³/

/kʰue³³⁻²³ tau⁵²/

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fɔː⁵⁵ tɐu̯³⁵/

/kʰuo⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾lɛu³³/

/kʰue³³⁻²³ tau⁵²/

Then turning round, I see that of the water-worms, crabs, and tadpoles there is not one that can do like me.

Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Xuán hán xiè yǔ kēdǒu, mò wú néng ruò yě.

還虷蟹與科斗，莫吾能若也。

还虷蟹与科斗，莫吾能若也。

tadpole (toad or frog larva) (Classifier: 隻／只 m)


青蛙

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ wä⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ waː⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ua⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ ua³³/

/t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ ua³³/

/t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ o²¹/

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ wä⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ waː⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ua⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ ua³³/

/t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ ua³³/

/t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ o²¹/

frog, especially true frogs (Classifier: 隻／只)


牛蛙

/ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ wä⁵⁵/

/ŋɐu̯²¹ waː⁵⁵/

/ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ wä⁵⁵/

/ŋɐu̯²¹ waː⁵⁵/


田雞

/tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

/tʰiɛn²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

/tʰiːn²¹ kɐi̯⁵⁵/

/hen²² kai³³⁻³³⁵/

/ˈtʰiɛn²⁴ t͡ɕi⁴²/

/di²² t͡ɕi⁴⁴/

/tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

/tʰiɛn²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

/tʰiːn²¹ kɐi̯⁵⁵/

/hen²² kai³³⁻³³⁵/

/ˈtʰiɛn²⁴ t͡ɕi⁴²/

/di²² t͡ɕi⁴⁴/

Frogs are called “chicken of the field” due to the similarity in taste, per Compendium of Materia Medica first attested in the 1578 CE:
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Compare Vietnamese gà đồng (literally “field chicken”).

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The Southerners had them as food, found their meat to be similar to chicken, and therefore called them “field chicken”.

The Compendium of Materia Medica [Bencao Gangmu], by Li Shizhen, 1578 CE

Nánrén shí zhī, hū wéi tiánjī, yún ròuwèi rú jī yě.

南人食之，呼為田雞，云肉味如雞也。

南人食之，呼为田鸡，云肉味如鸡也。

Frog is a type of high-protein and low-fat food, suitable for patients of arteriosclerosis and cardiovascular disease, as well as people who are physically weak, to replenish their nutrients.

Tiánjī shǔyú gāo dànbái, dī zhīfáng de shícái, shìhé dòngmài yìnghuà, xīnxuèguǎn jíbìng huànzhě, hé tǐzhì xūruò zhě bǔchōng yíngyǎng.

田雞屬於高蛋白、低脂肪的食材，適合動脈硬化、心血管疾病患者，和體質虛弱者補充營養。

田鸡属于高蛋白、低脂肪的食材，适合动脉硬化、心血管疾病患者，和体质虚弱者补充营养。

frog (amphibian); more specifically the Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus chinensis, syn. Hoplobatrachus rugulosus) (Classifier: 隻／只)


蛤乸

/kɐp̚³ naː³⁵/

/kɐp̚⁵ naː³⁵/

/kɐp̚³ naː³⁵/

/kɐp̚⁵ naː³⁵/

乸 may correspond to Proto-Tai *naːᴬ (“paddy field”) (Bauer, 1996).


四跤仔

/si²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

/si¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/si²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

/si¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

(Taiwanese Hokkien, dated, figurative, offensive) Japanese people; Japs


樹蛤

/t͡sʰiu²²⁻²¹ kap̚³²/

/t͡sʰiu²²⁻²¹ kap̚³²/


樹蛙

/syː²² waː⁵⁵/

/syː²² waː⁵⁵/


爪蟾

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/


蛤𧊅

/kɐp̚³ kʷaːi̯³⁵/

/kaːp̚³ kʷaːi̯³⁵/

/kɐp̚⁵ kʷaːi̯³⁵/

/kɐp̚³ kʷaːi̯³⁵/

/kaːp̚³ kʷaːi̯³⁵/

/kɐp̚⁵ kʷaːi̯³⁵/


懶呱子

/lɛ⁴⁴ kua²⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/

/lɛ⁴⁴ kua²⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/


蜞蟆兒

蜞蟆儿
蜞螞兒
蜐螞兒
瘸蟆兒
茄貓兒

/t͡ɕʰiɛ²¹ mɚ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰiɛ²¹ mɚ⁵⁵/


蛤蟆骨朵子

/xə²⁴ ma⁵¹ ku²⁴ tu²⁴ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/xə²⁴ ma⁵¹ ku²⁴ tu²⁴ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

(Central Plains and Lanyin Mandarin) tadpole (toad or frog larva)


大綠蛙

/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ly⁵¹ wä⁵⁵/

/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ly⁵¹ wä⁵⁵/


盧氏小樹蛙

ㄌㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨˋ ㄨㄚ

Лу ши сяо шува

/lu³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵¹ wä⁵⁵/

/lou̯²¹ siː²² siːu̯³⁵ syː²² waː⁵⁵/

/lu³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵¹ wä⁵⁵/

/lou̯²¹ siː²² siːu̯³⁵ syː²² waː⁵⁵/


石降

/t͡sio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kaŋ²¹/

/t͡sio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kaŋ²¹/

Quasipaa spinosa
Wikispecies:Quasipaa spinosa

(Hokkien) Chinese spiny frog (Quasipaa spinosa)


棘胸蛙

/t͡ɕi³⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ wä⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi³⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ wä⁵⁵/


非洲樹蛙

ㄈㄟ ㄓㄡ ㄕㄨˋ ㄨㄚ

Фэйчжоу шува

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂu⁵¹ wä⁵⁵/

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂu⁵¹ wä⁵⁵/


扁蟾

/pi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/

/pi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/


田父

/tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ fu⁵¹/

/tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ fu⁵¹/


箭毒蛙

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ tu³⁵ wä⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ tu³⁵ wä⁵⁵/

poison (dart) frog (any poisonous frog in the family Dendrobatidae)


跳樹蛙

/tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹ wä⁵⁵/

/tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹ wä⁵⁵/


青蟆𧊅

/t͡ɕʰi̯an⁴⁴⁵ mä¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁴⁴⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯an⁴⁴⁵ mä¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁴⁴⁵/


蛤蟆豚仔

(Longyan Min) tadpole (toad or frog larva)