柴魚

柴魚

Chinese

		firewood	fish
trad. (柴魚)		柴	魚
simp. (柴鱼)		柴	鱼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháiyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄞˊ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caai⁴ jyu⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): chhâ-hî / chhâ-hû
• Xiang (Wiktionary): zai² y²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháiyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄞˊ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháiyú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻai²-yü²
    • Yale: chái-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chairyu
    • Palladius: чайюй (čajjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: caai⁴ jyu⁴
    • Yale: chàaih yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai⁴ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cai⁴ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯²¹ jyː²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâ-hî
    • Tâi-lô: tshâ-hî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zha'hii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa²³⁻³³ hi²³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâ-hû
    • Tâi-lô: tshâ-hû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zha'huu
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻¹¹ hu²⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zai² y²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sai¹³ y¹³/

Noun

柴魚

1. dried fish (of various kinds, such as cod)

   柴魚花生粥／柴鱼花生粥 [Cantonese]  ―  caai⁴ jyu⁴ faa¹ sang¹ zuk¹ [Jyutping]  ―  congee with dried fish and peanuts

2. (Xiang) northern snakehead (Channa argus)

Synonyms

• (northern snakehead): 烏鱧／乌鳢 (wūlǐ), 烏魚／乌鱼 (wūyú), 黑魚／黑鱼 (hēiyú), 生魚／生鱼 (shēngyú), 黑鱧／黑鳢, 蛇頭魚／蛇头鱼