三文魚

Chinese

		phonetic	fish
trad. (三文魚)		三文	魚
simp. (三文鱼)		三文	鱼

Etymology

From English salmon +‎ 魚 / 鱼 (yú, “fish”), probably via Cantonese or Shanghainese.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sānwényú

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄨㄣˊ ㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ man⁴ jyu^4-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sam-bûn-hî / sam-bûn-hû / sa-man-hû / sam-goân-hî
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹se-ven₆-ng₆; ¹se-men₆-ng₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sānwényú
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄨㄣˊ ㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sanwúnyú
  - Wade–Giles: san¹-wên²-yü²
  - Yale: sān-wén-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanwenyu
  - Palladius: саньвэньюй (sanʹvɛnʹjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ wən³⁵ y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ man⁴ jyu^4-2
  - Yale: sāam màhn yú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ man⁴ jy^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ men⁴ yu^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ mɐn²¹ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-bûn-hî
  - Tâi-lô: sam-bûn-hî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sambunhii
  - IPA (Philippines): /sam³³ bun²⁴⁻²² hi²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³⁻³³ hi²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-bûn-hû
  - Tâi-lô: sam-bûn-hû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sambunhuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴⁻¹¹ hu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa-man-hû
  - Tâi-lô: sa-man-hû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: samanhuu
  - IPA (Penang): /sa³³⁻²¹ man³³⁻²¹ hu²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-goân-hî
  - Tâi-lô: sam-guân-hî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: samgoanhii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡuan²³⁻³³ hi²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹se-ven₆-ng₆; ¹se-men₆-ng₆
  - MiniDict: se^平 ven^去 ng^去; se^平 men^去 ng^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹se-ven₃-ngg₃; ¹se-men₃-ngg₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /se⁵⁵ vən³³ ŋ̍²¹/, /se⁵⁵ mən³³ ŋ̍²¹/

Noun

三文魚

salmon (Classifier: 條／条 m c)
煙熏三文魚／烟熏三文鱼 ― yānxūn sānwényú ― smoked salmon

炙烤三文魚／炙烤三文鱼 ― zhìkǎo sānwényú ― grilled salmon

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鮭魚 (“salmon”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鮭, 鮭魚
Taxonomic name		鮭
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鮭魚
Cantonese	Hong Kong	三文魚
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	三文魚
Southern Min	Taipei (Wanhua)	紅鰱魚
	Kaohsiung	紅鰱魚
	Yilan	鮭魚
	Changhua (Lukang)	紅鰱魚
	Taichung	鮭魚
	Taichung (Wuqi)	鮭魚
	Tainan	紅鰱魚, 三文魚
	Tainan (Anping)	紅鰱魚
	Taitung	紅鰱魚
	Hsinchu	鮭魚
	Penghu (Magong)	紅鰱魚
	Penang (Hokkien)	三文魚
	Manila (Hokkien)	三文魚, 鮭魚
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	三文魚
Wu	Shanghai	三文魚

References

“三文魚”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “三文魚”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1], volume 1 (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 563