羅非魚

羅非魚

Chinese

		phonetic	fish
trad. (羅非魚)		羅非	魚
simp. (罗非鱼)		罗非	鱼

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese cá rô phi (literally “African perch”); the Sino-Vietnamese component phi (“Africa”) was rendered, perhaps coincidentally, by 非 (fēi, “Africa”), its etymological equivalent in Chinese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luófēiyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄟ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lo⁴ fei¹ jyu^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: luófēiyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄟ ㄩˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luofeiyu
    • IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lo⁴ fei¹ jyu^4-2
    • Yale: lòh fēi yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lo⁴ fei¹ jy^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: lo⁴ féi¹ yu²
    • IPA ^(key): /lɔː²¹ fei̯⁵⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

羅非魚

1. tilapia