美人魚

See also: 美人鱼

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	mermaid; merperson; merfolk mermaid; merperson; merfolk; dugong
trad. (美人魚)		美	人魚
simp. (美人鱼)		美	人鱼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měirényú

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ jan⁴ jyu⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵me-zen₆-yu₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měirényú
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měirényú
  - Wade–Giles: mei³-jên²-yü²
  - Yale: měi-rén-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeirenyu
  - Palladius: мэйжэньюй (mɛjžɛnʹjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ jan⁴ jyu⁴
  - Yale: méih yàhn yùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ jan⁴ jy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ yen⁴ yu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ jɐn²¹ jyː²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵me-zen₆-yu₆
  - MiniDict: 'me^去 zen^去 yu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²'me-zen₃-hhy₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /me³³ zən⁵⁵ ɦy²¹/

Noun

美人魚

mermaid; merperson; merfolk
dugong

Synonyms

(mermaid): 人魚／人鱼 (rényú); (Leizhou Min) 白吳魚／白吴鱼
(dugong):

人魚 / 人鱼 (rényú)
儒艮 (rúgèn)
南海牛 (nánhǎiniú)

Vietnamese

Noun

美人魚

chữ Hán form of mỹ nhân ngư (“mermaid”)