# 螃蟹
## Chinese
### Etymology

From earlier 旁蟹 (“side + crab”), as the crab walks sideways (Piya).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): pángxiè
       (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): pan$^2$ hai$^3$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pong$^4$ haai$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): pong$^2$ hai
* Jin (Wiktionary): pon$^1$ xie$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): pâng-hāi
* Eastern Min (BUC): màng-hâ
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ban-ha
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ban$^2$ hai$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pángxiè
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pángsiè
*** Wade–Giles: pʻang$^2$-hsieh$^4$
*** Yale: páng-syè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parngshieh
*** Palladius: пансе (panse)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɑŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: pan$^2$ hai$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: panxaai
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰan²¹ xai⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pong$^4$ haai$^5$
*** Yale: pòhng háaih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pong$^4$ haai$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pong$^4$ hai$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɔːŋ²¹ haːi̯¹³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: pong$^2$ hai
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɔŋ²⁴ hai²/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: pon$^1$ xie$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pʰɒ̃¹¹ ɕie⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pâng-hāi
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaŋ³³ xai⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: màng-hâ
*** Sinological IPA : /maŋ⁵³⁻²¹ $^{(h-)}$ŋɑ²⁴²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ban-ha
*** MiniDict: ban$^去$ ha
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$ban-ha
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bã²² ha⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: ban$^2$ hai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pan¹³ xai̯⁴¹/

### Noun

螃蟹
* crab (Classifier: 隻／只 m)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 螃蟹, 蟹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 螃蟹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 螃蟹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蟹子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 螃蟹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 螃蟹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 螃蟹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 螃蟹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 螃蟹, 肥蟹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 螃蟹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 螃蟹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 螃蟹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 螃蟹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 螃蟹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 螃蟹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 螃蟹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 螃蟹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 螃蟹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 螃蟹, 蟹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 螃蟹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 螃蟹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 螃蟹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 螃蟹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 螃蟹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 螃蟹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 爬蟹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Chuzhou | 螃蟹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 蟹子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蟹, 打橫 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 螃鉗 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 螃蟹 large, 螃鉗 small |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 螃蟹 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 螃鉗 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 螃蟹 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 螃蟹 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 蟹, 青蟹 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 螃蟹 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 蟹 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 螃蟹 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 螃蟹 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 爬拐, 螃蟹 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 蟹 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 蟹 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Changting | 螃蟹 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 蟹子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 蟹子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 螃蟹 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 螃蟹 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 壙蟹 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 壙蟹 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 壙蟹 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 毛蟹 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 毛蟹 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 老蟹, 毛蟹 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 老蟹, 蟹 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 蟹 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 螃蟹 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Shahe) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 老蟹 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 蟹蟹 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 螃蟹 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 螃蟹 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 螃蟹 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 螃蟹 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 蟹 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 蟹 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 蟹仔 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 蟹仔 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 蟹仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 螃蟹 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 鰻蟹 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 老蟹 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蟳仔, 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蟳仔, 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 蟳仔, 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 蟳仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 蟳仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 蟳仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 蟳仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 蟳仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 蟳仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 蠘仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 蟳, 蟳仔 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 肉蟹 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 螃蟹 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 蟹 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蟹, 田蟹 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蟹 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 蟹 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 蟹 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 蟹 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 蟹 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 蟹 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 蟹 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 蟹 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 蟹 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 蟹 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 螃蟹 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 螃蟹 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 蟹仔 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 蟹 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 老蟹 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蟹 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 蟹, 老毛蟹 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蟹 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 蟹 |
| Wu | Danyang | 螃蟹, 蟹 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 湖蟹 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蟹 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蟹, 十隻腳 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 蟹 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 螃蟹 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 螃蟹 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 螃蟹, 螃解子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 螃蟹 |

#### Derived terms

* 吃螃蟹 (chī pángxiè)
* 落湯螃蟹／落汤螃蟹
* 螃蟹心態／螃蟹心态 (pángxiè xīntài)
* 螃蟹心理 (pángxiè xīnlǐ)
* 螃蟹精神 (pángxiè jīngshén)
* 螃蟹過河／螃蟹过河
* 賽螃蟹／赛螃蟹 (sàipángxiè)