紙魚

See also: 纸鱼

Chinese

		paper	fish
trad. (紙魚)		紙	魚
simp. (纸鱼)		纸	鱼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǐyú

(Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² jyu^4-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chóa-hî / chóa-hû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhyú
  - Wade–Giles: chih³-yü²
  - Yale: jř-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyyu
  - Palladius: чжиюй (čžijuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² jyu^4-2
  - Yale: jí yú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² jy^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² yu^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóa-hî
  - Tâi-lô: tsuá-hî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoafhii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sua⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hi²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóa-hû
  - Tâi-lô: tsuá-hû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoafhuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²⁴/

Noun

紙魚

silverfish

Synonyms

壁魚 / 壁鱼 (bìyú)
布魚 / 布鱼 (Putian Puxian Min)
書蛀蟲 / 书蛀虫 (shūzhùchóng)
書蟲 / 书虫 (shūchóng)
白魚 / 白鱼 (báiyú)
蛀 (zhù) (literary, or in compounds)
蛀書蟲 / 蛀书虫
蠹 (dù) (literary, or in compounds)
蠹魚 / 蠹鱼 (dùyú)
衣蟲 / 衣虫 (yīchóng)
衣魚 / 衣鱼 (yīyú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紙	魚
しみ
Grade: 2	Grade: 2
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
衣魚蠧魚蠹魚

Etymology

From Old Japanese (see 蟫). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 紙魚 / 纸鱼 (zhǐyú).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しみ [shìmí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɕimʲi]

Noun

紙魚(しみ) or 紙魚(シミ) • (shimi)

Any insect of the family Lepismatidae, a silverfish or bristletail.
Synonym: 白魚 (hakugyo)
- 2007, 新時代日漢辭典 / 新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局 / 大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
  
  紙魚(しみ)の食(く)った本(ほん)
  shimi no kutta hon
  A book damaged by silverfish

Derived terms

大和(やまと)紙魚(しみ) (Yamato shimi, “Ctenolepisma villosa”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN