鯉魚

See also: 鲤鱼

Chinese

		carp	fish
trad. (鯉魚)		鯉	魚
simp. (鲤鱼)		鲤	鱼

Etymology

See the entry 雙鯉魚 for the figurative senses.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǐyú

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ jyu⁴, lei⁵ jyu^4-2
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): lí-hî / lí-hû / lí-hîr / lē-hî / lě-hîr

(Teochew, Peng'im): li² he² / li² hu²
Wu (Wiktionary): li hhngg (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǐyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄩˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liiyu
  - IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lei⁵ jyu⁴, lei⁵ jyu^4-2
  - Yale: léih yùh, léih yú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ jy⁴, lei⁵ jy^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ yu⁴, léi⁵ yu²
  - IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ jyː²¹/, /lei̯¹³ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Hsinchu, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-hî
  - Tâi-lô: lí-hî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ly'hii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hi¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hi²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hi²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-hû
  - Tâi-lô: lí-hû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ly'huu
  - IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-hîr
  - Tâi-lô: lí-hîr
  - IPA (Kinmen): /li⁵³⁻²⁴ hɯ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɯ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lē-hî
  - Tâi-lô: lē-hî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lexhii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /le³³⁻²¹ hi²³/
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lě-hîr
  - Tâi-lô: lě-hîr
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: li² he² / li² hu²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lí hṳ́ / lí hú
  - IPA ^(key): /li⁵²⁻³⁵ hɯ⁵²/, /li⁵²⁻³⁵ hu⁵²⁻²¹/

Note:

li2 he2 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
li2 hu2 - Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: li hhngg (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /li²² ɦŋ̍⁴⁴/

Noun

鯉魚

carp, especially the common carp (Cyprinus carpio) (Classifier: 條／条 m c; 尾 m mn)
(figuratively) messenger
(figuratively) letter; correspondence

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 鮘仔／𬶌仔, 鮘仔魚／𬶌仔鱼, 鮘魚／𬶌鱼, 烏鮘仔／乌𬶌仔

Derived terms

雙鯉魚／双鲤鱼 (shuānglǐyú)

鯉魚跳龍門／鲤鱼跳龙门

Descendants

→ Thai: หลีฮื้อ (via Min Nan)

References

Duffus, William (1883), “carp”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 36

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