紙魚

See also: 纸鱼

Chinese

		paper	fish
trad. (紙魚)		紙	魚
simp. (纸鱼)		纸	鱼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǐyú

(Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² jyu^4-2
Min Nan (POJ): chóa-hî / chóa-hû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhǐyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄩˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyyu
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhyú
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² jyu^4-2
  - Yale: jí yú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² jy^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² yu²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóa-hî / chóa-hû
  - Tâi-lô: tsuá-hî / tsuá-hû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoafhii, zoafhuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hi²⁴/, /t͡sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hi²⁴/, /t͡sua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hi¹³/, /t͡sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hi²⁴/, /t͡sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sua⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hi²³/, /t͡sua⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu²³/

Noun

紙魚

silverfish

Synonyms

壁魚／壁鱼 (bìyú)
蠹魚／蠹鱼 (dùyú)
書蛀蟲／书蛀虫 (shūzhùchóng)
衣魚／衣鱼 (yīyú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紙	魚
し Grade: 2	み Grade: 2
on’yomi	jukujikun

Etymology

From Old Japanese (see 蟫). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 紙魚.

Noun

紙魚 (hiragana しみ, katakana シミ, rōmaji shimi)

Any insect of the family Lepismatidae, a silverfish or bristletail.
Synonyms: 衣魚, 蠧魚

Derived terms

大和 (やまと)紙魚 (しみ) (Yamato shimi, “Ctenolepisma villosa”)

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