Chinese
Etymology
See the entry 雙鯉魚 for the figurative senses.
Pronunciation
Note:
- li2 he2 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
- li2 hu2 - Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai.
Noun
鯉魚
- carp, especially the common carp (Cyprinus carpio) (Classifier: 條／条 m c; 尾 m mn)
- (figuratively) messenger
- (figuratively) letter; correspondence
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 鯉魚 (“carp”) [map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
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| Classical Chinese
|
鯉
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
鯉魚, 鯉
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| Taxonomic name
|
鯉
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
鯉魚, 拐子
|
| Taiwan
|
鯉魚
|
| Chengde
|
鯉魚
|
| Chifeng
|
鯉魚
|
| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
鯉魚
|
| Heihe
|
鯉魚, 鯉子
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| Qiqihar
|
鯉魚
|
| Harbin
|
鯉魚, 大鯉魚, 鯉子, 大鯉子
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| Jiamusi
|
鯉魚
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| Baicheng
|
鯉魚
|
| Changchun
|
鯉魚
|
| Tonghua
|
鯉魚
|
| Shenyang
|
鯉魚
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| Jinzhou
|
鯉魚, 鯉子
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| Singapore
|
鯉魚
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
拐子
|
| Tangshan
|
鯉魚
|
| Cangzhou
|
鯉魚
|
| Baoding
|
鯉魚
|
| Shijiazhuang
|
鯉魚
|
| Lijin
|
鯉魚
|
| Jinan
|
鯉魚
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Dalian
|
鯉魚
|
| Dandong
|
鯉魚
|
| Yantai
|
鯉魚
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
鯉魚
|
| Qingdao
|
鯉魚
|
| Zhucheng
|
鯉魚
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
鯉魚
|
| Lingbao
|
鯉魚
|
| Jining
|
鯉魚
|
| Linfen
|
鯉魚
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| Shangqiu
|
鯉魚
|
| Yuanyang
|
鯉魚
|
| Zhengzhou
|
鯉魚
|
| Xinyang
|
鯉魚
|
| Baihe
|
鯉魚
|
| Xi'an
|
鯉魚
|
| Baoji
|
鯉魚
|
| Tianshui
|
鯉魚
|
| Xining
|
鯉魚
|
| Xuzhou
|
鯉魚, 紅魚
|
| Fuyang
|
鯉魚
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
鯉魚
|
| Lanzhou
|
鯉魚
|
| Dunhuang
|
鯉魚
|
| Hami
|
鯉魚
|
| Ürümqi
|
鯉魚
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
鯉魚
|
| Nanchong
|
鯉魚
|
| Dazhou
|
鯉魚
|
| Hanyuan
|
鯉魚
|
| Xichang
|
鯉魚
|
| Zigong
|
鯉魚
|
| Chongqing
|
鯉魚
|
| Wuhan
|
鯉魚
|
| Yichang
|
鯉魚, 拐子魚, 拐魚
|
| Xiangyang
|
鯉魚
|
| Tianmen
|
鯉魚
|
| Guiyang
|
鯉魚
|
| Zunyi
|
鯉魚
|
| Bijie
|
鯉魚
|
| Liping
|
鯉魚
|
| Zhaotong
|
鯉魚
|
| Dali
|
黃殼鯉魚
|
| Kunming
|
鯉魚
|
| Mengzi
|
鯉魚
|
| Guilin
|
鯉魚
|
| Liuzhou
|
鯉魚
|
| Jishou
|
鯉魚
|
| Changde
|
鯉魚
|
| Hanzhong
|
鯉魚
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
鯉魚
|
| Yangzhou
|
鯉魚, 龍魚, 花魚
|
| Lianyungang
|
鯉魚, 紅魚
|
| Lianshui
|
鯉魚
|
| Nantong
|
花魚
|
| Anqing
|
鯉魚, 鯉拐子
|
| Wuhu
|
鯉魚
|
| Hefei
|
鯉魚
|
| Hong'an
|
鯉魚
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
鯉魚
|
| Hong Kong
|
鯉魚
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
鯉魚
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
鯉魚
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
鯉魚
|
| Macau
|
鯉魚
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
鯉魚
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
鯉魚
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
鯉魚
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
鯉魚
|
| Foshan
|
鯉魚
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
鯉魚
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
鯉魚
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
鯉魚
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
鯉魚
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
鯉魚
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
鯉魚
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
鯉魚
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
鯉魚
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
鯉魚
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
鯉魚
|
| Taishan
|
鯉魚
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
鯉魚
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
鯉魚
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
鯉魚
|
| Dongguan
|
鯉魚
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
鯉魚
|
| Yangjiang
|
鯉魚
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
鯉魚
|
| Pengze
|
鯉魚
|
| Lichuan
|
鯉魚
|
| Pingxiang
|
鯉魚
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
鯉魚, 鯉仔
|
| Dabu (Xihe)
|
鯉仔
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
鯉魚
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
鯉嫲
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
鯉魚
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
鯉魚
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
鯉魚
|
| Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)
|
鯉魚
|
| Yudu
|
鯉魚, 鯉子
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
鯉魚, 鯉仔, 鯉嫲
|
| Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)
|
鯉仔
|
| Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)
|
鯉魚
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
鯉魚, 鯉仔, 鯉嫲
|
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
|
鯉嫲
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
鯉魚, 鯉仔, 鯉嫲
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
鯉魚, 鯉魚, 鯉嫲
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
鯉魚, 鯉仔, 鯉嫲
|
| Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)
|
鯉魚
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
鯉魚, 鯉
|
| Hong Kong
|
鯉嫲
|
| Sabah (Longchuan)
|
鯉魚
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
|
鯉魚
|
| Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
|
鯉哥
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
鯉魚
|
| Shexian
|
鯉魚
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
鯉魚
|
| Yangyuan
|
鯉魚
|
| Datong
|
鯉魚
|
| Xinzhou
|
鯉魚
|
| Lüliang (Lishi)
|
鯉魚
|
| Changzhi
|
鯉魚
|
| Linhe
|
鯉魚
|
| Jining
|
鯉魚
|
| Hohhot
|
鯉魚
|
| Erenhot
|
鯉魚
|
| Pingshan
|
鯉魚
|
| Zhangjiakou
|
鯉魚
|
| Handan
|
鯉魚
|
| Linzhou
|
鯉魚
|
| Suide
|
鯉魚
|
| Jiuxing Yumin
|
Lanxi
|
鯉魚
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
鯉仔
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
鯉魚
|
| Fuqing
|
鯉魚
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
鯉魚, 鮘魚
|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
鮘魚
|
| Quanzhou
|
鯉魚
|
| Jinjiang
|
鮘魚
|
| Yongchun
|
鮘魚
|
| Zhangzhou
|
鮘仔魚, 鮘仔, 鯉魚
|
| Zhao'an
|
鮘仔, 鮘魚
|
| Taipei
|
鮘魚
|
| Taipei (Wanhua)
|
鮘仔
|
| New Taipei (Tamsui)
|
鮘仔, 鮘魚, 鯉魚
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
鮘仔
|
| New Taipei (Pingxi)
|
鮘仔, 鯉魚
|
| Kaohsiung
|
鮘仔, 鯉魚, 鮘仔魚
|
| Kaohsiung (Cijin)
|
鮘仔
|
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
|
鮘仔
|
| Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
|
鮘仔
|
| Yilan
|
鮘魚, 鯉魚, 鮘仔魚
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
鮘魚, 鯉魚
|
| Changhua (Yongjing)
|
鯉魚, 鮘仔
|
| Taichung
|
烏鮘仔, 鯉魚, 鮘仔魚
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
鮘仔魚
|
| Tainan
|
鮘仔魚, 鯉魚, 鮘仔
|
| Tainan (Anping)
|
鮘仔魚, 鯉魚
|
| Taitung
|
鮘仔
|
| Hsinchu
|
鯉魚, 鮘仔, 鮘仔魚
|
| Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)
|
鮘仔
|
| Kinmen
|
鯉魚
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
鮘魚, 鯉魚
|
| Penghu (Xiyu)
|
鮘仔
|
| Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
鯉魚
|
| Datian
|
𬵃
|
| Chaozhou
|
鯉魚
|
| Shantou
|
鯉姑
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
鯉姑
|
| Nan'ao (Houzhai)
|
鯉姑
|
| Nan'ao (Yun'ao)
|
鯉姑
|
| Wenchang
|
鯉魚
|
| Haikou
|
鯉魚
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
鯉魚
|
| Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
|
鯉魚
|
| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
|
鯉魚
|
| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
|
鯉魚
|
| Xianyou
|
鯉魚
|
| Xianyou (Fengting)
|
鯉魚
|
| Xianyou (Youyang)
|
鯉魚
|
| Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
鯉
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
鯉魚
|
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
鯉魚
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
鯉魚
|
| Waxiang
|
Yuanling (Shaojiwan)
|
鯉魚
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
鯉魚, 元寶魚
|
| Shanghai (Songjiang)
|
鯉魚, 元寶魚
|
| Shanghai (Jiading)
|
鯉魚
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
鯉魚
|
| Suzhou
|
鯉魚
|
| Danyang
|
鯉魚
|
| Hangzhou
|
鯉魚, 鯉拐兒
|
| Ningbo
|
元寶魚, 鯉魚
|
| Wenzhou
|
鯉魚
|
| Jinhua
|
鯉魚
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
鯉魚, 鯉滑子
|
| Loudi
|
鯉魚
|
| Shuangfeng
|
鯉魚
|
| Xiangnan Tuhua
|
Jiangyong
|
鯉魚
|
| Dong'an
|
鯉魚
|
| Yuebei Tuhua
|
Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)
|
鯉魚
|
| Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)
|
鯉魚
|
| Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)
|
鯉魚
|
| Renhua (Zhoutian)
|
鯉嫲 big, 鯉仔 small
|
| Renhua (Shitang)
|
鯉魚
|
| Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)
|
鯉魚
|
| Lechang (Changlai)
|
鯉魚
|
| Lechang (Beixiang)
|
鯉魚
|
| Lechang (Huangpu)
|
鯉魚
|
| Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)
|
鯉魚
|
| Lechang (Sanxi)
|
鯉魚
|
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Thai: หลีฮื้อ (via Min Nan)
References
- Duffus, William (1883) “carp”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 36