飛魚

See also: 飞鱼

Chinese

		to fly	fish
trad. (飛魚)		飛	魚
simp. (飞鱼)		飞	鱼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēiyú

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ jyu^4-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe-hî / poe-hî / pe-hû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēiyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: feiyú
  - Wade–Giles: fei¹-yü²
  - Yale: fēi-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feiyu
  - Palladius: фэйюй (fɛjjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ y³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    飛魚 / 飞鱼
    鯡魚 / 鲱鱼
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fei¹ jyu^4-2
  - Yale: fēi yú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ jy^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ yu^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    飛魚 / 飞鱼
    鯡魚 / 鲱鱼
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe-hî
  - Tâi-lô: pe-hî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pe'hii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pe⁴⁴⁻²² hi²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poe-hî
  - Tâi-lô: pue-hî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poe'hii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue⁴⁴⁻³³ hi²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe-hû
  - Tâi-lô: pe-hû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pe'huu
  - IPA (Taipei): /pe⁴⁴⁻³³ hu²⁴/

Noun

飛魚

flying fish
(figurative) exceptional swimmer

Synonyms

(flying fish):
- 文魚／文鱼 (wényú)
- 文鰩魚／文鳐鱼
- (Min Nan) 飛烏／飞乌

Derived terms

飛魚服 / 飞鱼服
飛魚飛彈 / 飞鱼飞弹
鳶飛魚躍 / 鸢飞鱼跃

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
飛	魚
と(び) Grade: 4	うお Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Compound of 飛(と)び (tobi, “flying”, the stem or continuative form of verb 飛ぶ (tobu, “to fly”)) + 魚(うお) (uo, “fish”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とびうお [tòbíúó] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) とびうお [tòbíꜜùò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [to̞bʲiɯ̟o̞]

Noun

飛(とび)魚(うお) • (tobiuo)

a flying fish
Synonym: 梭子魚 (hiigo-uo)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
飛	魚
と(び) Grade: 4	うお > お Grade: 2
kun'yomi	irregular

Alteration of tobiuo reading.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [to̞bʲio̞]

Noun

飛(とび)魚(お) • (tobio)

(rare) a flying fish

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
飛	魚
あ Grade: 4	ご Grade: 2
irregular

Unknown. Alternate name for tobiuo above. Dialect word, used in areas around Kyūshū and the Sea of Japan.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あご [àgóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[2]
IPA^(key): [a̠ɡo̞]

Noun

飛(あ)魚(ご) • (ago)

(dialectal, Kyūshū, Sea of Japan) a flying fish

See also

飛(と)び子(こ) (tobiko)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN