木魚

See also: 木鱼

Chinese

		tree; wood	fish
trad. (木魚)		木	魚
simp. (木鱼)		木	鱼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mùyú

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄩˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): muk⁶ jyu^4-2

(Taishan, Wiktionary): muuk⁵ ngui³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): muk-ǹg
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-hî / bo̍k-hîr / bo̍k-hû / bo̍k-gîr
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸moq-yu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mùyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mùyú
  - Wade–Giles: mu⁴-yü²
  - Yale: mù-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhyu
  - Palladius: муюй (mujuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ y³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (木魚兒 / 木鱼儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mùyúr
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄩˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mùyúr
  - Wade–Giles: mu⁴-yü²-ʼrh
  - Yale: mù-yúr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhyuel
  - Palladius: муюйр (mujujr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ yə̯ɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: muk⁶ jyu^4-2
  - Yale: muhk yú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ jy^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ yu^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: muuk⁵ ngui³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbɵk̚³² ᵑɡui²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: muk-ǹg
  - Hakka Romanization System: mug^ˋ ng^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mug⁵ ng²
  - Sinological IPA: /muk̚² ŋ̍¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Yilan, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-hî
  - Tâi-lô: bo̍k-hî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boghii
  - IPA (Yilan): /bɔk̚⁵⁻² hi²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² hi²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hi¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² hi²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-hîr
  - Tâi-lô: bo̍k-hîr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² hɯ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-hû
  - Tâi-lô: bo̍k-hû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boghuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² hu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-gîr
  - Tâi-lô: bo̍k-gîr
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸moq-yu
  - MiniDict: moh^入 yu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵moq-hhy
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /moʔ¹¹ ɦy²³/

Noun

木魚

wooden fish (Buddhist wooden percussion instrument)
Alternative name for 柴魚／柴鱼 (cháiyú, “dried fish”).
short for 木魚歌／木鱼歌

Synonyms

edit

魚鼓 / 鱼鼓 (yúgǔ)

Dialectal synonyms of 木魚 (“wooden fish”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		木魚
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	木魚兒, 木郎魚兒
	Taiwan	木魚
	Chengde	木魚
	Chifeng	木魚
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	木魚
	Heihe	木魚, 木拉魚子
	Qiqihar	木魚
	Harbin	木魚
	Jiamusi	木魚
	Baicheng	木魚
	Changchun	摩拉魚子
	Tonghua	摩拉魚子
	Shenyang	木魚兒, 木頭魚兒
	Jinzhou	木魚兒
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	木了魚兒
	Tangshan	木魚, 木拉魚子
	Cangzhou	木魚
	Baoding	木魚兒, 木拉魚兒
	Shijiazhuang	木魚兒
	Lijin	木魚
	Jinan	木魚兒, 木魚, 木頜魚子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	木魚子, 摩婁魚子
	Dandong	木魚, 木魚子
	Yantai	摩婁魚子
	Qingdao	摩婁魚子
	Zhucheng	木拉魚子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	木魚
	Lingbao	木魚
	Jining	波老魚子
	Linfen	波魚子
	Shangqiu	木魚兒
	Yuanyang	木魚
	Zhengzhou	木魚
	Xinyang	木魚兒, 木魚子
	Baihe	木魚
	Xi'an	木魚兒, 木魚, 波魚
	Baoji	木魚
	Tianshui	木魚
	Xining	木魚兒, 木魚
	Xuzhou	木魚兒, 波魚兒
	Fuyang	木魚
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	木魚子, 木魚
	Lanzhou	木魚
	Dunhuang	木魚, 木魚子
	Hami	木魚
	Ürümqi	木魚
	Jimsar	木魚子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	木魚
	Nanchong	魔魚
	Dazhou	木魚
	Hanyuan	木魚
	Xichang	木魚
	Zigong	木魚兒
	Chongqing	木魚
	Wuhan	木魚
	Yichang	木魚
	Xiangyang	木魚
	Tianmen	木魚
	Guiyang	木魚
	Zunyi	木魚
	Bijie	木魚
	Liping	木魚
	Zhaotong	木魚
	Dali	木魚
	Kunming	木魚
	Mengzi	木魚
	Guilin	木魚
	Liuzhou	木魚
	Jishou	木魚兒
	Changde	波羅
	Hanzhong	木魚
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	木魚, 波羅
	Yangzhou	木驢
	Lianyungang	木魚子
	Lianshui	木魚子
	Nantong	木魚
	Anqing	木魚
	Wuhu	木魚
	Hefei	木魚
	Hong'an	木魚, 梆, 木耳
Cantonese	Hong Kong	木魚
Gan	Nanchang	駁魚子, 駁魚
	Lichuan	魚鼓
	Pingxiang	木魚
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	木魚
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	木嘓
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	嘓魚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	嘓仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	嘓鐘仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	木嘓
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	木魚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	木魚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	木魚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	木魚
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	嘓魚頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	木魚
Huizhou	Shexian	木魚
Jin	Taiyuan	木魚, 木魚子
	Yangyuan	木魚
	Datong	木魚兒
	Xinzhou	木魚子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	木魚
	Changzhi	木魚
	Linhe	卜魚子
	Jining	木魚
	Hohhot	木魚
	Erenhot	摩魚子
	Pingshan	木魚兒
	Zhangjiakou	木魚子
	Handan	木魚
	Linzhou	木魚
	Suide	木魚兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	嗑嗑仔
Southern Min	Xiamen	柴嘓, 嘓仔, 木魚
	Quanzhou	柴嘓, 嘓仔, 木魚
	Zhangzhou	柴嘓, 嘓仔, 木魚
	Taipei	嘓
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	嘓魚
	Kaohsiung	木魚, 嘓魚
	Yilan	木魚, 嘓魚
	Changhua (Lukang)	嘓魚
	Taichung	木魚
	Tainan	嘓仔
	Hsinchu	嘓, 木魚
	Kinmen	嘓魚
	Penghu (Magong)	嘓魚
	Longyan	柴嘓
	Jieyang	嘓
Puxian Min	Putian	魚鼓
Puxian Min	Xianyou	魚鼓
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	木魚
Wu	Shanghai	木魚
Wu	Danyang	木魚

Derived terms

木魚坪 / 木鱼坪 (Mùyúpíng)
木魚書 / 木鱼书
木魚歌 / 木鱼歌

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (木魚):

→ Japanese: 木魚(もくぎょ) (mokugyo)
→ Korean: 목어(木魚) (mogeo)
→ Vietnamese: mộc ngư (木魚)

Others:

→ English: wooden fish (calque)

Proper noun

木魚

(～鎮) Muyu (a town in Shennongjia, Hubei, China)
(～村) Muyu (a village in Muyu, Shennongjia, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
木	魚
もく Grade: 1	ぎょ Grade: 2
goon	kan'on

Alternative spelling
杢魚

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 木魚 (MC muwk ngjo). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) もくぎょ [móꜜkùgyò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mo̞kɯ̟ɡʲo̞]

Noun

木(もく)魚(ぎょ) • (mokugyo)

(Buddhism) wooden fish:
1. a wooden percussion instrument in the shape of a fish used to signal monks to their duties
2. a round, hollow, vaguely fish-shaped wooden percussion instrument used during recitations of Buddhist sutras
  Synonym: 魚柝 (gyotaku)
(colloquial) katsuobushi
(slang) an impregnated married woman
from the appearance of the stomach akin to the round hollow wooden fish

Derived terms

木(もく)魚講(ぎょこう) (mokugyokō)
木魚(もくぎょ)入(い)り合(あい)方(かた) (mokugyo iri aikata)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
木	魚

Noun

木魚 • (mogeo) (hangeul 목어)

hanja form^? of 목어 (“wooden fish”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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