人魚

See also: 人鱼

Chinese

		man; person; people	fish
trad. (人魚)		人	魚
simp. (人鱼)		人	鱼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rényú

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ jyu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: rényú
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄩˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renyu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ jyu⁴
  - Yale: yàhn yùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ jy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ yu⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ jyː²¹/

Noun

人魚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	魚
にん Grade: 1	ぎょ Grade: 2
goon	kan’on

Etymology

人 (nin, “human”) +‎ 魚 (gyo, “fish”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) にんぎょ [níꜜǹgyò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ĩŋʲɡʲo̞]

Noun

人魚 (hiragana にんぎょ, rōmaji ningyo)

a merperson
人 (にん)魚 (ぎょ)姫 (ひめ)
Ningyohime
The Little Mermaid

伝説 (でんせつ)では、彼女 (かのじょ)は人 (にん)魚 (ぎょ)だったと言 (い)われる。
Densetsu de wa, kanojo wa ningyo datta to iwareru.
The legend says that she was a mermaid.
- 1999 March 27, “恍こう惚こつの人魚マーメイド [Enchanting Mermaid]”, in Vol.2, Konami:
  
  海 (うみ)を航 (こう)海 (かい)する者 (もの)を誘 (ゆう)惑 (わく)しておぼれさせる、美 (うつく)しい人 (にん)魚 (ぎょ)。
  Umi o kōkai suru mono o yūwaku shite oboresaseru, utsukushii ningyo.
  A beautiful mermaid who lures seafarers before drowning them.

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
人	魚

Noun

人魚 • (ineo) (hangeul 인어)

Hanja form^? of 인어 (“merperson”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
人	魚

Noun

人魚

Hán tự form of nhân ngư (“merperson”).

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