guang1015 Posted May 27, 2008 at 05:29 PM Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 at 05:29 PM doeas anybody know the meaning and the pronounciation of 蚵 as in the infamous of Taiwanese food : 蚵仔煎 ? I've searched my Xin Hua Dictionary 新華字典 but couldn't find it...thx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YuehanHao Posted May 28, 2008 at 01:29 AM Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 at 01:29 AM I don't know, but perhaps the meaning is oyster, pronunciation é. http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/wordsearch.php?searchMode=C&word=%E8%9A%B5&search=Search 约翰好 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magores Posted May 28, 2008 at 01:32 AM Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 at 01:32 AM My native Beijing co-worker says she thinks its pronounced "ke1". But, she adds that "we never use that". Her guess to meaning is something to do with insects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted May 28, 2008 at 01:48 AM Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 at 01:48 AM ABC has kè, oyster. Unihan has hé or kè Unihan also lists é sourced from CEDICT, which I would guess is where Yellowbridge got it from. But you should probably ask whoever is cooking it . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted May 28, 2008 at 05:18 AM Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 at 05:18 AM 蚵仔 = small oyster = 小牡蠣 dict.cn -> http://dict.cn/search/?q=%F2%C2 (hé, kè) From the dictionary of the Taiwan Ministry of Education -> ke1閩南方言。指牡蠣。如：「青蚵」、「蚵仔煎」。 é牡蠣。閩南、臺灣地區的音讀。如：「青蚵」、「蚵仔煎」。 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mugi Posted May 28, 2008 at 07:03 AM Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 at 07:03 AM 蚵 means "oyster" and should be pronounced "hé" when appearing on Taiwanese menus, although most Taiwanese (even those who don't speak Hokkien) would use the Hokkien pronunciation ("ô", similar to Mandarin "é"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted May 28, 2008 at 07:42 AM Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 at 07:42 AM What Mugi said. Even Mandarin speakers here shift to Hokkien when saying o-a (蚵仔). One of those words that are only used in dialect, if you say it in Mandarin chances are you won't be understood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guang1015 Posted May 29, 2008 at 12:40 PM Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 at 12:40 PM thank u everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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