青鮫

青鮫

See also: 青鲛

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	shark
trad. (青鮫)		青	鮫
simp. (青鲛)		青	鲛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngjiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ gaau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: qīngjiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingjiau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingjiao
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕjɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ gaau¹
    • Yale: chīng gāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ gaau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ gao¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ käːu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

青鮫

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) ferocious sea fish

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Japanese

青鮫 (aozame): a shortfin mako shark.

Kanji in this term
青	鮫
あお Grade: 1	さめ > ざめ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 青 (ao, “blue”) +‎ 鮫 (same, “shark”).[1][2][3]The same changes to zame as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) あおざめ [àózámé] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [a̠o̞za̠me̞]

Noun

青鮫 (hiragana あおざめ, katakana アオザメ, rōmaji aozame, historical hiragana あをざめ, historical katakana アヲザメ)

1. a shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as アオザメ.

Not to be confused with 葦切鮫 (yoshikirizame, “blue shark”)

Derived terms

• 化 (ばけ)青 (あお)鮫 (ざめ) (bakeaozame)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-501211-0