魚狗

魚狗

See also: 鱼狗

Chinese

		fish	dog
trad. (魚狗)		魚	狗
simp. (鱼狗)		鱼	狗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúgǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄍㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ gau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yúgǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄍㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yugoou
    • IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ gau²
    • Yale: yùh gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ geo²
    • IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ kɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

魚狗

1. kingfisher (Classifier: 隻／只 m)

Synonyms

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翠鳥／翠鸟 (cuìniǎo) 翡 (fěi) (literary) 翡翠 (fěicuì)

釣魚翁／钓鱼翁 (Min Nan) 釣魚郎／钓鱼郎 (diàoyúláng) 魚虎／鱼虎 (yúhǔ)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
魚	狗
Grade: 2	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Etymology

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 魚狗 (literally “fish dog”)

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) かわせみ [kàwásémí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠se̞mʲi]

Noun

魚狗 (hiragana かわせみ, katakana カワセミ, rōmaji kawasemi, historical hiragana かはせみ, historical katakana カハセミ)

1. Alternative spelling of 川蝉 (“common kingfisher”)