鯉魚 - Wikiwand

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	carp	fish
trad. (鯉魚)	鯉	魚
simp. (鲤鱼)	鲤	鱼

Etymology

See the entry 雙鯉魚 for the figurative senses.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): lǐyú

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄩˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ni³ yu²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lei⁵ jyu⁴ / lei⁵ jyu^4-2

(Taishan, Wiktionary): li⁴ ngui³
Eastern Min (BUC): lī-ngṳ̀
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lí-hî / lí-hû / lí-hîr / lē-hî / lě-hîr

(Teochew, Peng'im): li² he² / li² hu²
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶li-ng₆ / ²li₆-ng₆
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): li³ y²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǐyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǐyú
  - Wade–Giles: li³-yü²
  - Yale: lǐ-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liiyu
  - Palladius: лиюй (lijuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ni³ yu²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: liy
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵³ y²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lei⁵ jyu⁴ / lei⁵ jyu^4-2
  - Yale: léih yùh / léih yú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ jy⁴ / lei⁵ jy^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ yu⁴ / léi⁵ yu^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ jyː²¹/, /lei̯¹³ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: li⁴ ngui³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹ ᵑɡui²²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lī-ngṳ̀
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃i³³⁻²¹ ŋy⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Hsinchu, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-hî
  - Tâi-lô: lí-hî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ly'hii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hi¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hi²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hi²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-hû
  - Tâi-lô: lí-hû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ly'huu
  - IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-hîr
  - Tâi-lô: lí-hîr
  - IPA (Kinmen): /li⁵³⁻²⁴ hɯ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɯ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lē-hî
  - Tâi-lô: lē-hî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lexhii
  - IPA (Tainan): /le³³⁻¹¹ hi²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /le³³⁻²¹ hi²³/
  - IPA (Yilan): /le³³⁻²¹ hi²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lě-hîr
  - Tâi-lô: lě-hîr
  - IPA (Lukang): /le³³⁻²² hɨ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: li² he² / li² hu²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lí hṳ́ / lí hú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵²⁻³⁵ hɯ⁵²/, /li⁵²⁻³⁵ hu⁵²⁻²¹/

Note:

li2 he2 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
li2 hu2 - Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶li-ng₆
  - MiniDict: li^去 ng^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li-ngg₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²² ŋ̍⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²li₆-ng₆
  - MiniDict: li^去 ng^去
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /li²² ŋ̍³³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: li³ y²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁴¹ y¹³/

Noun

鯉魚

carp, especially the common carp (Cyprinus carpio) (Classifier: 條／条 m c; 尾 m mn)
(figuratively) messenger
(figuratively) letter; correspondence

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鯉魚 (“carp”) [map]

More information Variety, Location ...

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese	鯉
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)	鯉魚, 鯉
Taxonomic name	鯉
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鯉魚, 拐子
Taiwan	鯉魚
Chengde	鯉魚
Chifeng	鯉魚
Hulunbuir (Hailar)	鯉魚
Heihe	鯉魚, 鯉子
Qiqihar	鯉魚
Harbin	鯉魚, 大鯉魚, 鯉子, 大鯉子
Jiamusi	鯉魚
Baicheng	鯉魚
Changchun	鯉魚
Tonghua	鯉魚
Shenyang	鯉魚
Jinzhou	鯉魚, 鯉子
Singapore	鯉魚
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	拐子
Tangshan	鯉魚
Cangzhou	鯉魚
Baoding	鯉魚
Shijiazhuang	鯉魚
Lijin	鯉魚
Jinan	鯉魚
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	鯉魚
Dandong	鯉魚
Yantai	鯉魚
Yantai (Muping)	鯉魚
Qingdao	鯉魚
Zhucheng	鯉魚
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鯉魚
Lingbao	鯉魚
Jining	鯉魚
Linfen	鯉魚
Shangqiu	鯉魚
Yuanyang	鯉魚
Zhengzhou	鯉魚
Xinyang	鯉魚
Baihe	鯉魚
Xi'an	鯉魚
Baoji	鯉魚
Tianshui	鯉魚
Xining	鯉魚
Xuzhou	鯉魚, 紅魚
Fuyang	鯉魚
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鯉魚
Lanzhou	鯉魚
Dunhuang	鯉魚
Hami	鯉魚
Ürümqi	鯉魚
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鯉魚
Nanchong	鯉魚
Dazhou	鯉魚
Hanyuan	鯉魚
Xichang	鯉魚
Zigong	鯉魚
Chongqing	鯉魚
Wuhan	鯉魚
Yichang	鯉魚, 拐子魚, 拐魚
Xiangyang	鯉魚
Tianmen	鯉魚
Guiyang	鯉魚
Zunyi	鯉魚
Bijie	鯉魚
Liping	鯉魚
Zhaotong	鯉魚
Dali	黃殼鯉魚
Kunming	鯉魚
Mengzi	鯉魚
Guilin	鯉魚
Liuzhou	鯉魚
Jishou	鯉魚
Changde	鯉魚
Hanzhong	鯉魚
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鯉魚
Yangzhou	鯉魚, 龍魚, 花魚
Lianyungang	鯉魚, 紅魚
Lianshui	鯉魚
Nantong	花魚
Anqing	鯉魚, 鯉拐子
Wuhu	鯉魚
Hefei	鯉魚
Hong'an	鯉魚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鯉魚
Hong Kong	鯉魚
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	鯉魚
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	鯉魚
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	鯉魚
Macau	鯉魚
Guangzhou (Panyu)	鯉魚
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鯉魚
Guangzhou (Conghua)	鯉魚
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	鯉魚
Foshan	鯉魚
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鯉魚
Foshan (Shunde)	鯉魚
Foshan (Sanshui)	鯉魚
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鯉魚
Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鯉魚
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	鯉魚
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	鯉魚
Zhuhai (Doumen)	鯉魚
Jiangmen (Baisha)	鯉魚
Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鯉魚
Taishan	鯉魚
Kaiping (Chikan)	鯉魚
Enping (Niujiang)	鯉魚
Heshan (Yayao)	鯉魚
Dongguan	鯉魚
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	鯉魚
Yangjiang	鯉魚
Gan	Nanchang	鯉魚
Pengze	鯉魚
Lichuan	鯉魚
Pingxiang	鯉魚
Hakka	Meixian	鯉魚, 鯉仔
Dabu (Xihe)	鯉仔
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	鯉魚
Dongguan (Qingxi)	鯉嫲
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鯉魚
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	鯉魚
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	鯉魚
Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	鯉魚
Yudu	鯉魚, 鯉子
Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鯉魚, 鯉仔, 鯉嫲
Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	鯉仔
Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	鯉魚
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鯉魚, 鯉仔, 鯉嫲
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	鯉嫲
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鯉魚, 鯉仔, 鯉嫲
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鯉魚, 鯉魚, 鯉嫲
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鯉魚, 鯉仔, 鯉嫲
Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	鯉魚
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鯉魚, 鯉
Hong Kong	鯉嫲
Sabah (Longchuan)	鯉魚
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	鯉魚
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	鯉哥
Huizhou	Jixi	鯉魚
Shexian	鯉魚
Jin	Taiyuan	鯉魚
Yangyuan	鯉魚
Datong	鯉魚
Xinzhou	鯉魚
Lüliang (Lishi)	鯉魚
Changzhi	鯉魚
Linhe	鯉魚
Jining	鯉魚
Hohhot	鯉魚
Erenhot	鯉魚
Pingshan	鯉魚
Zhangjiakou	鯉魚
Handan	鯉魚
Linzhou	鯉魚
Suide	鯉魚
Jiuxing Yumin	Lanxi	鯉魚
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鯉仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鯉魚
Fuqing	鯉魚
Southern Min	Xiamen	鯉魚, 鮘魚
Xiamen (Tong'an)	鮘魚
Quanzhou	鯉魚
Jinjiang	鮘魚
Yongchun	鮘魚
Zhangzhou	鮘仔魚, 鮘仔, 鯉魚
Zhao'an	鮘仔, 鮘魚
Taipei	鮘魚
Taipei (Wanhua)	鮘仔
New Taipei (Tamsui)	鮘仔, 鮘魚, 鯉魚
New Taipei (Sanxia)	鮘仔
New Taipei (Pingxi)	鮘仔, 鯉魚
Kaohsiung	鮘仔, 鯉魚, 鮘仔魚
Kaohsiung (Cijin)	鮘仔
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	鮘仔
Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	鮘仔
Yilan	鮘魚, 鯉魚, 鮘仔魚
Changhua (Lukang)	鮘魚, 鯉魚
Changhua (Yongjing)	鯉魚, 鮘仔
Taichung	烏鮘仔, 鯉魚, 鮘仔魚
Taichung (Wuqi)	鮘仔魚
Tainan	鮘仔魚, 鯉魚, 鮘仔
Tainan (Anping)	鮘仔魚, 鯉魚
Taitung	鮘仔
Hsinchu	鯉魚, 鮘仔, 鮘仔魚
Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	鮘仔
Kinmen	鯉魚
Penghu (Magong)	鮘魚, 鯉魚
Penghu (Xiyu)	鮘仔
Zhangping (Yongfu)	鯉魚
Datian	𬵃
Chaozhou	鯉魚
Shantou	鯉姑
Shantou (Chenghai)	鯉姑
Nan'ao (Houzhai)	鯉姑
Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	鯉姑
Wenchang	鯉魚
Haikou	鯉魚
Puxian Min	Putian	鯉魚
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	鯉魚
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	鯉魚
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	鯉魚
Xianyou	鯉魚
Xianyou (Fengting)	鯉魚
Xianyou (Youyang)	鯉魚
Central Min	Yong'an	鯉
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	鯉魚
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	鯉魚
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鯉魚
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	鯉魚
Wu	Shanghai	鯉魚, 元寶魚
Shanghai (Songjiang)	鯉魚, 元寶魚
Shanghai (Jiading)	鯉魚
Shanghai (Chongming)	鯉魚
Suzhou	鯉魚
Danyang	鯉魚
Hangzhou	鯉魚, 鯉拐兒
Ningbo	元寶魚, 鯉魚
Wenzhou	鯉魚
Jinhua	鯉魚
Xiang	Changsha	鯉魚, 鯉滑子
Loudi	鯉魚
Shuangfeng	鯉魚
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	鯉魚
Dong'an	鯉魚
Yuebei Tuhua	Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)	鯉魚
Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)	鯉魚
Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)	鯉魚
Renhua (Zhoutian)	鯉嫲 big, 鯉仔 small
Renhua (Shitang)	鯉魚
Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)	鯉魚
Lechang (Changlai)	鯉魚
Lechang (Beixiang)	鯉魚
Lechang (Huangpu)	鯉魚
Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)	鯉魚
Lechang (Sanxi)	鯉魚

Derived terms

雙鯉魚 / 双鲤鱼 (shuānglǐyú)
鯉魚旗 / 鲤鱼旗 (lǐyúqí)
鯉魚跳龍門 / 鲤鱼跳龙门
鯉魚門 / 鲤鱼门 (Lǐyúmén)

Descendants

→ Thai: หลีฮื้อ (via Min Nan)

References

Duffus, William (1883), “carp”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 36

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