English
Etymology
Calque from Chinese 木魚／木鱼 (mùyú).
Noun
wooden fish (plural wooden fishes or wooden fish)
- A wooden percussion instrument played by monks and lay people in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition in China, Japan, Korea and other East Asian countries.
Translations
percussion instrument
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 木魚 / 木鱼 (zh) (mùyú)
- Finnish: puukala (fi)
- German: Holzfisch m
- Indonesian: ikan kayu
- Japanese: 木魚 (ja) (mokugyo)
- Korean: 목어 (ko) (mogeo), 목탁 (ko) (moktak)
- Manchu: ᡨᠣᡴᠰᡳᡨᡠ (toksitu)
- Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
- Tibetan: ཤིང་ཉ (shing nya)
- Vietnamese: mõ (vi), mộc ngư
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