人魚

人魚

See also: 人鱼

Chinese

		man; person; people	fish
trad. (人魚)		人	魚
simp. (人鱼)		人	鱼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rényú

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rényú
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rényú
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-yü²
    • Yale: rén-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renyu
    • Palladius: жэньюй (žɛnʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ jyu⁴
    • Yale: yàhn yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ jyː²¹/

Noun

人魚

1. mermaid; merperson; merfolk
2. dugong

Synonyms

• (mermaid): 美人魚／美人鱼 (měirényú)
• (dugong):

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儒艮 (rúgèn) 南海牛 (nánhǎiniú)

美人魚／美人鱼 (měirényú)

Derived terms

美人魚／美人鱼 (měirényú)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (人魚):

• → Japanese: 人魚(にんぎょ) (ningyo)
• → Korean: 인어(人魚) (ineo)
• → Vietnamese: nhân ngư (人魚)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	魚
にん Grade: 1	ぎょ Grade: 2
goon	kan’on

Etymology

人 (nin, “human”) +‎ 魚 (gyo, “fish”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) に​んぎょ [níꜜǹgyò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ĩŋʲɡʲo̞]

Noun

人(にん)魚(ぎょ) • (ningyo) 

1. a merperson

   人(にん)魚(ぎょ)姫(ひめ)

   Ningyo-hime

   The Little Mermaid

   伝(でん)説(せつ)では、彼(かの)女(じょ)は人(にん)魚(ぎょ)だったと言(い)われる。

   Densetsu de wa, kanojo wa ningyo datta to iwareru.

   The legend says that she was a mermaid.

   • 1999 March 27, “恍(こう)惚(こつ)の人魚(マーメイド) [Enchanting Mermaid]”, in Vol.2, Konami:

     海(うみ)を航(こう)海(かい)する者(もの)を誘(ゆう)惑(わく)しておぼれさせる、美(うつく)しい人(にん)魚(ぎょ)。

     Umi o kōkai suru mono o yūwaku shite oboresaseru, utsukushii ningyo.

     A beautiful mermaid who lures seafarers before drowning them.

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
人	魚

Noun

人魚 • (ineo) (hangeul 인어)

1. Hanja form^? of 인어 (“merperson”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
人	魚

Noun

人魚

1. chữ Hán form of nhân ngư (“merperson”).