章魚

See also: 章鱼

Chinese

		chapter; seal; section	fish
trad. (章魚)		章	魚
simp. (章鱼)		章	鱼
alternative forms		鱆魚／𫠒鱼

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāngyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng¹ jyu⁴ / zoeng¹ jyu^4-2
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): zong¹ n²
• Eastern Min (BUC): ciŏng-ngṳ̀
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiuⁿ-hî / chiuⁿ-hû / chioⁿ-hî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāngyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhangyú
    • Wade–Giles: chang¹-yü²
    • Yale: jāng-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jangyu
    • Palladius: чжанъюй (čžanʺjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng¹ jyu⁴ / zoeng¹ jyu^4-2
    • Yale: jēung yùh / jēung yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng¹ jy⁴ / dzoeng¹ jy^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng¹ yu⁴ / zêng¹ yu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹/, /t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zong¹ n²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ n̩¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ciŏng-ngṳ̀
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suoŋ⁵⁵ ŋy⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiuⁿ-hî
    • Tâi-lô: tsiunn-hî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviu'hii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siũ⁴⁴⁻³³ hi²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siũ⁴⁴⁻²² hi²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiuⁿ-hû
    • Tâi-lô: tsiunn-hû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviu'huu
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siũ⁴⁴⁻³³ hu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chioⁿ-hî
    • Tâi-lô: tsionn-hî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvioi'hii
    • IPA (Tainan): /t͡siɔ̃⁴⁴⁻³³ hi²⁴/

Noun

章魚

1. octopus (Classifier: 隻／只)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 章魚 (“octopus”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		章舉
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		章魚, 蛸
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	章魚
	Harbin	八大魚
	Singapore	八爪魚
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	八帶蛸
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	蛸, 八帶蛸
Cantonese	Guangzhou	章魚, 八爪魚
	Hong Kong	章魚, 八爪魚
	Dongguan	章魚, 八爪魚
	Nanning	八爪魚
Hakka	Meixian	章魚, 八帶魚
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	章魚
Southern Min	Xiamen	章魚
	Dongshan	猴水
	Tainan	章魚, 咃鰸
	Penang (Hokkien)	豬母酸
	Singapore (Hokkien)	墨斗魚
Puxian Min	Putian	章魚
Wu	Wenzhou	章魚

Derived terms

• 章魚燒／章鱼烧 (zhāngyúshāo)

 

See also

• 花枝 (huāzhī)
• 烏賊／乌贼 (wūzéi)
• 魷魚／鱿鱼 (yóuyú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
章	魚
Grade: 3	Grade: 2
irregular

Etymology

The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 章魚／章鱼 (zhāngyú).

Noun

章魚(たこ) or 章魚(タコ) • (tako) 

1. Alternative spelling of 蛸