香魚

香魚

Chinese

		fragrant; incense; (of food) savory fragrant; incense; (of food) savory; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular	fish
trad. (香魚)		香	魚
simp. (香鱼)		香	鱼
anagram		魚香／鱼香

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ jyu²

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiāngyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄩˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangyu
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ jyu²
    • Yale: hēung yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ jy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ yu²
    • IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ jyː³⁵/

Noun

香魚

1. ayu; sweetfish

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 芳魚／芳鱼, 溪鰮／溪鳁

---

Japanese

Kanji in this term
香	魚
こう Grade: S	ぎょ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 香魚

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) こ​ーぎょ [kóꜜògyò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɡʲo̞]

Noun

香魚 (hiragana こうぎょ, rōmaji kōgyo, historical hiragana かうぎよ)

1. sweetfish

Synonyms

• 鮎 (あゆ) (ayu), 年 (ねん)魚 (ぎょ) (nengyo)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN