鯉魚旗

鯉魚旗

Chinese

		carp, especially the common carp	banner; flag
trad. (鯉魚旗)		鯉魚	旗
simp. (鲤鱼旗)		鲤鱼	旗
Literally: “carp flag”.

Etymology

Calque of Japanese 鯉幟 (koinobori).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐyúqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄩˊ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ jyu⁴ kei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐyúqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄩˊ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐyúcí
    • Wade–Giles: li³-yü²-chʻi²
    • Yale: lǐ-yú-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liiyuchyi
    • Palladius: лиюйци (lijujci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ y³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁵ jyu⁴ kei⁴
    • Yale: léih yùh kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ jy⁴ kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ yu⁴ kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ jyː²¹ kʰei̯²¹/

Noun

鯉魚旗

1. koinobori (traditional Japanese windsock)