Chinese
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grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
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fish
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trad. (草魚)
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草
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魚
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simp. (草鱼)
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草
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鱼
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alternative forms
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艸魚
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Etymology
A reference of this fish being a herbivore (Bencao Gangmu).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Yilan)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Magong)
- (Teochew)
Noun
草魚
- grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) (Classifier: 條/条 m; 尾 m mn)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 草魚 (“grass carp”) [map]
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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草魚, 鯇
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Taiwan
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草魚
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Harbin
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草根魚, 草根
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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草魚子
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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草鯉子, 草魚
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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草魚
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Xi'an
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草魚
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Xining
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草魚
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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草魚
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Lanzhou
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草魚
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Ürümqi
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草魚
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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草魚
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Wuhan
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草魚, 草鯇
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Guiyang
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草魚
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Guilin (Lingui)
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草魚
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Liuzhou
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草魚
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Liuzhou (Luorong)
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草魚
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Nanning (Wuming)
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草魚
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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草鯶, 白鯶
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Yangzhou
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草鯶
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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鯇魚
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Hong Kong
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鯇魚
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
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鯇魚
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Macau
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鯇魚
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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鯇魚
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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鯇魚
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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鯇魚
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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鯇魚
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Foshan
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鯇魚
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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鯇魚
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Foshan (Shunde)
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鯇魚
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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鯇魚
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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鯇魚
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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鯇魚
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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鯇魚
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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鯇魚
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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鯇魚
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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鯇魚
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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鯇魚
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Taishan
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鯇魚
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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鯇魚
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Enping (Niujiang)
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鯇魚
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Heshan (Yayao)
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鯇魚
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Dongguan
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鯇魚
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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鯇魚
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Nanning
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鯇魚, 草魚
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Wuzhou
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鯇魚, 草魚
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Yulin
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草魚
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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草魚
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Guiping
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鯇魚
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Mengshan (Xihe)
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鯇魚
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Guigang (Nanjiang)
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鯇魚
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Beiliu (Tangliao)
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鯇魚
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Baise
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鯇魚
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Bobai
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草魚
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Lingshan
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鯇魚
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Pubei
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鯇魚
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Qinzhou
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鯇魚
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Beihai
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鯇魚
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Ningming
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鯇魚
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Hengzhou
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草魚
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Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
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草魚
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Gan
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Pengze
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草魚
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Lichuan
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草魚
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Pingxiang
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草魚
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Hakka
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Meixian
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鯇仔
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Xingning
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鯇哩, 鯇公
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Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
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鯇魚
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Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)
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草鯇
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Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)
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草鯇
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Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)
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草鯇
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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鯇魚
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Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)
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鯇仔
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Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)
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鯇魚
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Boluo (Bendihua)
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鯇魚
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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鯇魚
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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鯇魚
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Wuhua (Huacheng)
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鯇哩
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Heyuan (Bendihua)
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鯇魚
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Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)
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鯇魚
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Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)
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鯇魚
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Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)
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鯇魚
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Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)
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鯇魚
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Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)
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鯇魚
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Nanxiong (Zhuji)
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鯇咧
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Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)
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鯇魚
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Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)
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鯇魚
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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鯇魚
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Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)
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草魚, 鯇
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Yudu
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鯇魚, 草魚, 鯇子, 草子
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Ruijin
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鯇子
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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草魚
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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草魚
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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草魚
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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草魚
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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草魚
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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草魚
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Beiliu (Tang'an)
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鯇魚
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Mashan (Pianlian)
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鯇魚
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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草魚, 青魚
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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草魚
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Fuqing
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草魚
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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草魚
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Quanzhou
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草魚
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Zhao'an
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草魚
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Taipei
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草魚
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New Taipei (Tamsui)
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草魚
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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草魚
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New Taipei (Pingxi)
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草魚
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Kaohsiung
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草魚
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Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
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草魚
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Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
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草魚
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Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
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草魚
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Yilan
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草魚
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Yilan (Toucheng)
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草魚
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Changhua (Lukang)
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草魚
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Taichung
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草魚
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Tainan
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草魚
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Tainan (Anping)
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草魚
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Hsinchu
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草魚
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Kinmen
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草魚
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Penghu (Magong)
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草魚
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Penghu (Xiyu)
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草魚
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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草魚
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Zhangping (Yongfu)
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草魚
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Datian
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草魚
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Pingnan (Shangdu)
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草魚
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Shantou
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草魚
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Leizhou
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鯇魚
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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草鰱, 草魚
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Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
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草鰱
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Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
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草鰱
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Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
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草鰱
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Xianyou
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草鰱
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Xianyou (Fengting)
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草鰱
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Xianyou (Youyang)
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草鰱
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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鯇魚
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Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
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鯇魚
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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草魚
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Nanning (Shajing)
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草魚
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Binyang (Xinqiao)
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草魚
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Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Chaoyang)
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草魚
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Guilin (Zhuyuan)
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草魚
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Lingchuan (Tanxia)
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草魚
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Waxiang
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Yuanling (Shaojiwan)
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草魚
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Wu
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Shanghai
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草青
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Shanghai (Songjiang)
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草魚
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Shanghai (Jiading)
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鯇魚
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Suzhou
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鯇魚
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Danyang
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草魚, 草紋
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Hangzhou
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鯇魚
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Ningbo
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草魚
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Wenzhou
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草青, 草魚
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Jinhua
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青魚, 草魚
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Xiang
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Changsha
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草魚
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Loudi
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草魚
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Quanzhou
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草魚
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Guanyang (Wenshi)
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草魚
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Japanese
Kanji in this term
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草
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魚
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そう Grade: 1
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ぎょ Grade: 2
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on'yomi
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kan'on
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Noun
草魚 or 草魚 • (sōgyo)
- grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).
Korean
Noun
草魚 • (cho'eo) (hangeul 초어)
- hanja form? of 초어 (“grass carp”)