蝨目魚

See also: 虱目鱼 and 虱目魚

Chinese

		milkfish	fish
trad. (蝨目魚/虱目魚)		蝨目/虱目	魚
simp. (虱目鱼)		虱目	鱼

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “multiple claims, see zhwiki”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shīmùyú

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄇㄨˋ ㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ muk⁶ jyu^4-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sat-ba̍k-hî / sat-ba̍k-hû / sat-ba̍k-hîr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shīmùyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄇㄨˋ ㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shihmùyú
  - Wade–Giles: shih¹-mu⁴-yü²
  - Yale: shr̄-mù-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shymuhyu
  - Palladius: шимуюй (šimujuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mu⁵¹ y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sat¹ muk⁶ jyu^4-2
  - Yale: sāt muhk yú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ muk⁹ jy^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ mug⁶ yu^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ mʊk̚² jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sat-ba̍k-hî
  - Tâi-lô: sat-ba̍k-hî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: satbaghii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ bak̚⁴⁻³² hi²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sat̚³²⁻⁵ bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hi¹³/
  - IPA (Tainan): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ bak̚⁴⁻¹ hi²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ bak̚⁴⁻³² hi²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sat-ba̍k-hû
  - Tâi-lô: sat-ba̍k-hû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: satbaghuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ bak̚⁴⁻³² hu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Lukang, Sanxia)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sat-ba̍k-hîr
  - Tâi-lô: sat-ba̍k-hîr
  - IPA (Lukang): /sat̚⁵ bak̚³⁵⁻² hɨ²⁴/

Noun

蝨目魚

milkfish

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蝨目魚 (“milkfish”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蝨目魚, 海草魚
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	麻沙吧
Hakka	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蝨目魚
Southern Min	Xiamen	蝨目魚
	Zhangzhou	蝨目魚
	Taipei	蝨目魚
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蝨目魚
	Kaohsiung	蝨目魚
	Yilan	麻蝨目仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	蝨目魚
	Taichung	麻蝨目仔
	Tainan	蝨目魚
	Hsinchu	麻蝨目
	Kinmen	蝨目仔魚
	Penghu (Magong)	蝨目
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	白午

Descendants

→ Japanese: 虱目魚 (sabahī)