比目魚

比目魚

Chinese

		side-by-side eyes; flatfish; loving couple side-by-side eyes; flatfish; loving couple; inseparable lovers	fish
trad. (比目魚)		比目	魚
simp. (比目鱼)		比目	鱼

比目魚。

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐmùyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² muk⁶ jyu^4-2
• Min Nan (POJ): pí-ba̍k-hî / pí-ba̍k-hû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǐmùyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄩˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biimuhyu
    • IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mu⁵¹ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei² muk⁶ jyu^4-2
    • Yale: béi muhk yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei² muk⁹ jy^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi² mug⁶ yu²
    • IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ mʊk̚² jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-ba̍k-hî
    • Tâi-lô: pí-ba̍k-hî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: py'baghii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bak̚⁴⁻³² hi²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-ba̍k-hû
    • Tâi-lô: pí-ba̍k-hû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: py'baghuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bak̚⁴⁻³² hu²⁴/

Noun

比目魚

1. flatfish (order Pleuronectiformes)
2. (literary, figuratively) inseparable couple or good friends

Synonyms

• (flatfish): 偏口魚／偏口鱼; (Min Nan) 扁魚／扁鱼

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
比	目	魚
ひら Grade: 5	め Grade: 1	Grade: 2
Irregular	kun’yomi	Irregular

Etymology

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 比目魚.

Noun

比目魚 (hiragana ひらめ, katakana ヒラメ, rōmaji hirame)

1. Alternative spelling of 鮃 (“olive flounder”)