吳郭魚

Chinese

surname; province of Jiangsu surname; outer city wall fish
trad. (吳郭魚) 吳 郭 魚
simp. (吴郭鱼) 吴 郭 鱼

Etymology

From surnames of 吳振輝 (Wu Chen-hui) and 郭啟彰 (Kuo Chi-chang), the two people who introduced the fish to Taiwan.

Pronunciation

Noun

吳郭魚

  1. (Taiwan) tilapia

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 羅非魚 (“tilapia”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 羅非魚, 非洲鯽魚
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 吳郭魚
Malaysia 非洲魚
Southwestern Mandarin Guilin 羅非魚
Nanning (Wuming) 非洲鯽
Cantonese Guangzhou 福壽魚
Nanning 非洲鯽
Nanning (Tanka) 羅非
Hakka Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) 非洲鯽
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 吳郭魚
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 南洋鯽
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 南洋鯉仔
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 南洋鯽
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 南洋鯽仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 吳郭魚, 南洋鯽
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 吳郭魚, 南洋鯽
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 吳郭魚, 南洋鯽
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 南洋鯽
Southern Min Quanzhou 非洲鯽
Zhangzhou 鯽仔魚
Zhangpu 鯽仔
Zhao'an 非洲鰂
Taipei (Wanhua) 吳郭魚
New Taipei (Tamsui) 吳郭魚
New Taipei (Pingxi) 吳郭魚
Kaohsiung 南洋鮘仔, 南洋鯽仔
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 南洋鮘仔
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 南洋鮘仔, 南洋鯽仔
Yilan 吳郭魚
Yilan (Luodong) 吳郭魚
Yilan (Toucheng) 吳郭魚
Changhua (Lukang) 臺南鯽仔
Changhua (Yongjing) 南洋鯽仔
Taichung 吳郭仔
Taichung (Wuqi) 吳郭魚
Tainan 南洋鮘仔
Tainan (Anping) 南洋鮘仔
Taitung 南洋鯽仔
Hsinchu 南洋鮘仔
Chiayi 南洋鯽仔
Chiayi County (Dongshi) 南洋鮘仔
Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) 南洋鯽仔
Kinmen (Jinsha) 吳郭魚
Penghu (Magong) 鯽仔魚
Penghu (Xiyu) 吳郭, 鯽仔
Singapore (Hokkien) 日本魚
Wenchang 羅非魚
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