鹹水魚

Chinese

		salt water; brine; Hong Kong dollar	fish
trad. (鹹水魚)		鹹水	魚
simp. (咸水鱼)		咸水	鱼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiánshuǐyú

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haam⁴ seoi² jyu^4-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiâm-chúi-hîr / kiâm-chúi-hû / kiâm-chúi-hî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiánshuǐyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siánshuěiyú
  - Wade–Giles: hsien²-shui³-yü²
  - Yale: syán-shwěi-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanshoeiyu
  - Palladius: сяньшуйюй (sjanʹšujjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haam⁴ seoi² jyu^4-2
  - Yale: hàahm séui yú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haam⁴ soey² jy^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: ham⁴ sêu² yu^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːm²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâm-chúi-hîr
  - Tâi-lô: kiâm-tsuí-hîr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɯ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâm-chúi-hû
  - Tâi-lô: kiâm-tsuí-hû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiamzuy'huu
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâm-chúi-hî
  - Tâi-lô: kiâm-tsuí-hî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiamzuy'hii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hi²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hi²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiam¹³⁻²² t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hi¹³/

Noun

鹹水魚

saltwater fish

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鹹	水	魚
かん Hyōgai	すい Grade: 1	ぎょ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

鹹(かん)水(すい) (kansui, “saltwater”) + 魚(ぎょ) (gyo, “fish”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かんすいぎょ [kàńsúꜜìgyò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [kã̠ɰ̃sɨiɡʲo̞]

Noun

鹹(かん)水(すい)魚(ぎょ) • (kansuigyo) ^{←かんすいぎよ (kansuigyo)^?}

saltwater fish

Coordinate terms

淡(たん)水(すい)魚(ぎょ) (tansuigyo, “fresh water fish”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ “鹹水魚”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Korean

Hanja in this term
鹹	水	魚

Noun

鹹水魚 • (hamsueo) (hangeul 함수어)

hanja form^? of 함수어