鯉魚
See also: 鲤鱼
Chinese
carp | fish | ||
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trad. (鯉魚) | 鯉 | 魚 | |
simp. (鲤鱼) | 鲤 | 鱼 |
Etymology
See the entry 雙鯉魚 for the figurative senses.
Pronunciation
Noun
鯉魚
- carp, especially the common carp (Cyprinus carpio) (Classifier: 條/条 m c; 尾 m mn)
- (figuratively) messenger
- (figuratively) letter; correspondence
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 鯉魚 (“carp”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Classical Chinese | 鯉 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鯉魚, 鯉 | |
Taxonomic name | 鯉 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 鯉魚 |
Taiwan | 鯉魚 | |
Tianjin | 拐子 | |
Harbin | 鯉子, 鯉魚 | |
Yantai (Muping) | 鯉魚 | |
Jinan | 鯉魚 | |
Luoyang | 鯉魚 | |
Xi'an | 鯉魚 | |
Yinchuan | 鯉魚 | |
Lanzhou | 鯉魚 | |
Xining | 鯉魚 | |
Ürümqi | 鯉魚 | |
Wuhan | 鯉魚 | |
Chengdu | 鯉魚 | |
Guiyang | 鯉魚 | |
Liuzhou | 鯉魚 | |
Xuzhou | 鯉魚, 紅魚 | |
Yangzhou | 鯉魚, 龍魚, 花魚 | |
Nanjing | 鯉魚 | |
Hefei | 鯉魚 | |
Singapore | 鯉魚 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鯉魚 |
Hong Kong | 鯉魚 | |
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 鯉魚 | |
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 鯉魚 | |
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 鯉魚 | |
Dongguan | 鯉魚 | |
Yangjiang | 鯉魚 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 鯉魚 |
Lichuan | 鯉魚 | |
Pingxiang | 鯉魚 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 鯉魚, 鯉仔 |
Yudu | 鯉魚, 鯉子 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鯉仔, 鯉嫲 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鯉仔, 鯉嫲 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鯉仔, 鯉嫲 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鯉魚, 鯉嫲 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鯉仔, 鯉嫲 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鯉 | |
Hong Kong | 鯉嫲 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 鯉魚 |
Jin | Taiyuan | 鯉魚 |
Xinzhou | 鯉魚 | |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 鯉仔 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 鯉魚 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 鯉魚, 鮘魚 |
Quanzhou | 鯉魚 | |
Zhangzhou | 鮘仔魚, 鮘仔, 鯉魚 | |
Taipei | 鮘魚 | |
Taipei (Wanhua) | 鮘仔 | |
New Taipei (Sanxia) | 鮘仔 | |
Kaohsiung | 鮘仔, 鯉魚, 鮘仔魚 | |
Yilan | 鮘魚, 鯉魚, 鮘仔魚 | |
Changhua (Lukang) | 鮘魚, 鯉魚 | |
Taichung | 烏鮘仔, 鯉魚, 鮘仔魚 | |
Taichung (Wuqi) | 鮘仔魚 | |
Tainan | 鮘仔魚, 鯉魚, 鮘仔 | |
Taitung | 鮘仔 | |
Hsinchu | 鯉魚, 鮘仔, 鮘仔魚 | |
Kinmen | 鯉魚 | |
Penghu (Magong) | 鮘魚, 鯉魚 | |
Chaozhou | 鯉魚 | |
Haikou | 鯉魚 | |
Puxian Min | Putian | 鯉魚 |
Putian (Donghai) | 鯉魚 | |
Putian (Jiangkou) | 鯉魚 | |
Putian (Nanri) | 鯉魚 | |
Xianyou | 鯉魚 | |
Xianyou (Fengting) | 鯉魚 | |
Xianyou (Youyang) | 鯉魚 | |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鯉魚 |
Wu | Shanghai | 鯉魚, 元寶魚 |
Shanghai (Chongming) | 鯉魚 | |
Suzhou | 鯉魚 | |
Danyang | 鯉魚 | |
Hangzhou | 鯉魚, 鯉拐兒 | |
Ningbo | 元寶魚, 鯉魚 | |
Wenzhou | 鯉魚 | |
Jinhua | 鯉魚 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 鯉魚, 鯉滑子 |
Loudi | 鯉魚 | |
Shuangfeng | 鯉魚 |
Derived terms
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Descendants
- → Thai: หลีฮื้อ (via Min Nan)
References
- Duffus, William (1883), “carp”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 36