飛魚

飛魚

See also: 飞鱼

Chinese

		to fly	fish
trad. (飛魚)		飛	魚
simp. (飞鱼)		飞	鱼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēiyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ jyu^4-2
• Min Nan (POJ): poe-hî / pe-hû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēiyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: feiyú
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹-yü²
    • Yale: fēi-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feiyu
    • Palladius: фэйюй (fɛjjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ y³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: fei¹ jyu^4-2
    • Yale: fēi yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ jy^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ yu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 飛魚／飞鱼 鯡魚／鲱鱼

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poe-hî / pe-hû
    • Tâi-lô: pue-hî / pe-hû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poe'hii, pe'huu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pue⁴⁴⁻²² hi²⁴/, /pe⁴⁴⁻²² hu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pue³³ hi²⁴/, /pe³³ hu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pue⁴⁴⁻²² hi¹³/, /pe⁴⁴⁻²² hu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pue⁴⁴⁻³³ hi²⁴/, /pe⁴⁴⁻³³ hu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue⁴⁴⁻³³ hi²³/, /pe⁴⁴⁻³³ hu²³/

Noun

飛魚

1. flying fish

Synonyms

• 文魚／文鱼 (wényú)
• 文鰩魚／文鳐鱼
• (Min Nan) 飛烏／飞乌

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Japanese

Etymology 1

飛魚 (tobiuo, tobio, ago): a flying fish

Kanji in this term
飛	魚
と(び) Grade: 4	うお Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Compound of 飛び (tobi, “flying”, the stem or continuative form of verb 飛ぶ (tobu, “to fly”)) +‎ 魚 (uo, “fish”).[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とびうお [tòbíúó] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
• (Tokyo) とび​うお [tòbíꜜùò] (Nakadaka – [2])[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [to̞bʲiɯ̟ᵝo̞]

Noun

飛(とび)魚(うお) • (tobiuo) 

1. a flying fish

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
飛	魚
と(び) Grade: 4	うお > お Grade: 2
kun’yomi	irregular

Alteration of tobiuo reading.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞bʲio̞]

Noun

飛(とび)魚(お) • (tobio) 

1. (rare) a flying fish

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
飛	魚
あ Grade: 4	ご Grade: 2
irregular

Unknown. Alternate name for tobiuo above. Dialect word, used in areas around Kyūshū and the Sea of Japan.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あご​ [àgóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[2]
• IPA^(key): [a̠ɡo̞]

Noun

飛(あ)魚(ご) • (ago) 

1. (dialectal, Kyūshū, Sea of Japan) a flying fish

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
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN