吞拿魚

Chinese

		tuna	fish
trad. (吞拿魚)		吞拿	魚
simp. (吞拿鱼)		吞拿	鱼

Etymology

From English tuna +‎ 魚 / 鱼 (yú, “fish”), probably via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tūnnáyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄣ ㄋㄚˊ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tan¹ naa⁴ jyu^4-2

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tūnnáyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄣ ㄋㄚˊ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tunnáyú
    • Wade–Giles: tʻun¹-na²-yü²
    • Yale: twūn-ná-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuennayu
    • Palladius: туньнаюй (tunʹnajuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ən⁵⁵ nä³⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tan¹ naa⁴ jyu^4-2
    • Yale: tān nàh yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tan¹ naa⁴ jy^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ten¹ na⁴ yu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐn⁵⁵ naː²¹ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

吞拿魚

1. (chiefly Cantonese) tuna

   吞拿魚三文治 [Cantonese, trad.]
   吞拿鱼三文治 [Cantonese, simp.]

   tan¹ naa⁴ jyu^4-2 saam¹ man⁴ zi⁶ [Jyutping]

   tuna sandwich

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鮪魚 (“tuna”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鮪, 鮪魚, 金槍魚
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鮪魚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	吞那魚, 青干
	Hong Kong	吞拿魚
	Macau	吞拿魚, 亞冬魚
Hakka	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	串仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	串仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	刀鯧
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	串仔
Southern Min	Taipei (Wanhua)	串仔魚
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	串仔
	Kaohsiung	串仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	串仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	串仔
	Yilan	串仔魚
	Changhua (Lukang)	串仔
	Taichung	串仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	串仔魚
	Tainan	串仔魚, 串仔
	Tainan (Anping)	串仔
	Taitung	串仔
	Hsinchu	串仔魚
	Penghu (Magong)	串仔
	Penghu (Xiyu)	串仔