"河童" meaning in Chinese

See 河童 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /xɤ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hɔː²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /xɤ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/, /hɔː²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/ Chinese transliterations: hétóng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ho⁴ tung⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hétóng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], hétóng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ho²-tʻung² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hé-túng [Mandarin, Yale], hertorng [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хэтун [Mandarin, Palladius], xɛtun [Mandarin, Palladius], hòh tùhng [Cantonese, Yale], ho⁴ tung⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ho⁴ tung⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 河童(かっぱ) (kappa). Etymology templates: {{obor|zh|ja|-}} Orthographic borrowing from Japanese, {{ja-r|河童|かっぱ}} 河童(かっぱ) (kappa) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 河童
  1. (Japanese mythology) kappa (mythical creature) (Classifier: 個/个 m; 隻/只 m) Tags: Japanese Categories (topical): Japanese mythology
    Sense id: en-河童-zh-noun-QHXztBp4 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese nouns classified by 個/个, Chinese nouns classified by 隻/只, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 37 3 6 24 19 5 2 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 2 8 29 23 3 2 2 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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          "ref": "2023, “我的世界地圖”, 黃偉文 [Wyman Wong] (lyrics), 王菀之 [Ivana Wong] (music)performed by 魏浚笙 [Jeffrey Ngai]:",
          "roman": "ho⁴ tung⁴ zoi⁶ naa⁵ syu⁶ haa⁶ bei⁶ leoi⁴ din⁶",
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          "text": "河童在哪樹下避雷電",
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          "roman": "ho⁴ tung⁴ zoi⁶ naa⁵ syu⁶ haa⁶ bei⁶ leoi⁴ din⁶",
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          "個",
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          "隻",
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      "zh-pron": "hétóng"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ"
    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ tung⁴"
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      "zh-pron": "hétóng"
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      "zh-pron": "hétóng"
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      "zh-pron": "ho²-tʻung²"
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      "zh-pron": "hé-túng"
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      "zh-pron": "hertorng"
    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "хэтун"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "xɛtun"
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      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/",
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      "zh-pron": "hòh tùhng"
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      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ tung⁴"
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      ],
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "ja:Sushi",
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          "ref": "2023, “我的世界地圖”, 黃偉文 [Wyman Wong] (lyrics), 王菀之 [Ivana Wong] (music)performed by 魏浚笙 [Jeffrey Ngai]:",
          "roman": "ho⁴ tung⁴ zoi⁶ naa⁵ syu⁶ haa⁶ bei⁶ leoi⁴ din⁶",
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          "text": "河童在哪樹下避雷電",
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      "zh-pron": "hétóng"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ tung⁴"
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "hétóng"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hétóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho²-tʻung²"
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        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hé-túng"
    },
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hertorng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хэтун"
    },
    {
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "xɛtun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
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      "zh-pron": "hòh tùhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ tung⁴"
    },
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ tung⁴"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "河童"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 河童 meaning in Chinese (3.6kB)

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