銀鱈

Chinese

		silver; money	codfish; Gadus macrocephalus
trad. (銀鱈)		銀	鱈
simp. (银鳕)		银	鳕

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yínxuě

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄝˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yínxuě
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yínsyuě
  - Wade–Giles: yin²-hsüeh³
  - Yale: yín-sywě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynsheue
  - Palladius: иньсюэ (inʹsjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

銀鱈

sablefish

Japanese

Kanji in this term
銀	鱈
ぎん Grade: 3	たら > だら Hyōgai
jūbakoyomi

Alternative spelling
銀だら

Etymology

From 銀(ぎん) (gin, “silver”) + 鱈(たら) (tara). The tara changes to dara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぎんだら [gìńdárá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɡʲĩnda̠ɾa̠]

Noun

銀(ぎん)鱈(だら) or 銀鱈(ギンダラ) • (gindara) ^{←ぎんだら (gindara)^?}

sablefish

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

References

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