ปูเสฉวน

Thai

Etymology

From ปู (bpuu, crab) + an element เสฉวน (sěe-chǔuan) of unclear interpretation, but which may refer to Sichuan province in China.

Pronunciation

Orthographicปูเสฉวน
p ū e s t͡ɕʰ w n
Phonemic
ปู-เส-ฉวน
p ū – e s – t͡ɕʰ w n
RomanizationPaiboonbpuu-sěe-chǔuan
Royal Institutepu-se-chuan
(standard) IPA(key)/puː˧.seː˩˩˦.t͡ɕʰua̯n˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

ปูเสฉวน • (bpuu-sěe-chǔuan) (classifier ตัว)

  1. hermit crab

Further reading

  • ปูเสฉวน” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.