烏賊魚

Chinese

		cuttlefish	fish
trad. (烏賊魚)		烏賊	魚
simp. (乌贼鱼)		乌贼	鱼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūzéiyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄗㄟˊ ㄩˊ

• Jin (Wiktionary): vu¹ zei¹ y¹
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹u-zeq₈-ng₆ / ¹u-zen₆ / ³ou₁-zeq₈-ng₂

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūzéiyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄗㄟˊ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wuzéiyú
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-tsei²-yü²
    • Yale: wū-dzéi-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: utzeiryu
    • Palladius: уцзэйюй (uczɛjjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵ y³⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: vu¹ zei¹ y¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /vu¹¹ t͡sei¹¹ y¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹u-zeq₈-ng₆
    • MiniDict: u^平 zeh^入 ng^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹u-zeq₅-ngg₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /u⁵⁵ zəʔ³³ ŋ̍²¹/
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹u-zen₆
    • MiniDict: u^平 zen^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹u-zen₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /u⁵⁵ zən²¹/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ³ou₁-zeq₈-ng₂
    • MiniDict: ou^平 zeh^入 ng^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /əu⁵² zəʔ¹¹ ŋ̍/

Note: ¹u-zen₆ — Shanghainese, contracted reading.

Noun

烏賊魚

1. (regional) cuttlefish
2. (Shanghainese, by extension) octopus

Synonyms

(cuttlefish):

Dialectal synonyms of 烏賊 (“cuttlefish”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		烏賊, 墨魚, 墨斗魚
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	墨斗兒魚
	Taiwan	烏賊, 花枝, 墨魚
	Langfang	墨斗兒魚
	Harbin	烏魚, 墨斗子
	Singapore	墨魚
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	墨斗兒
	Cangzhou	墨斗兒魚
	Baoding	墨斗兒魚
	Shijiazhuang	墨斗兒魚
	Jinan	烏賊魚, 烏賊
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	蛸
Central Plains Mandarin	Daming	墨斗兒魚
	Xining	墨魚
	Xuzhou	烏賊, 墨魚
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	烏賊
	Ürümqi	墨魚
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	墨魚
	Guiyang	墨魚
	Liuzhou	墨魚
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	烏賊魚, 烏賊
	Yangzhou	烏賊魚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	墨魚
	Hong Kong	墨魚
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	墨魚
	Macau	墨魚
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	墨魚
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	墨魚
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	墨魚
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	墨魚
	Foshan	墨魚
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	墨魚
	Foshan (Shunde)	墨魚
	Foshan (Sanshui)	墨魚
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	墨魚
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	墨魚
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	墨魚
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	墨魚
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	墨魚
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	墨魚
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	墨魚
	Taishan	墨魚
	Kaiping (Chikan)	墨魚
	Enping (Niujiang)	墨魚
	Heshan (Yayao)	墨魚
	Dongguan	墨魚
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	墨魚
Gan	Nanchang	墨魚
	Lichuan	墨魚, 木殼
	Pingxiang	墨魚
Hakka	Meixian	墨魚
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	墨魚
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	墨魚
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	墨魚
	Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)	墨魚, 墨斗仔
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	墨魚
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	墨魚
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	墨魚
	Yudu	墨魚
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	墨斗魚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	墨斗魚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	墨斗魚, 墨斗
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	墨斗魚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	墨斗魚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	墨斗魚
	Singkawang	墨斗
Jin	Taiyuan	烏賊魚, 烏賊
	Zhangjiakou	烏賊
	Handan	烏賊
Northern Min	Jian'ou	墨魚仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	墨魚
Southern Min	Xiamen	墨賊
	Quanzhou	墨賊
	Jinjiang	墨賊
	Zhangzhou	墨賊
	Taipei	墨賊
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	墨賊仔
	Kaohsiung	墨賊仔
	Yilan	墨賊
	Changhua (Lukang)	墨賊
	Taichung	墨賊仔
	Tainan	墨賊, 墨賊仔, 花枝
	Hsinchu	墨賊仔
	Kinmen	墨賊
	Penghu (Magong)	墨賊
	Singapore (Hokkien)	墨賊, 墨斗, 花枝
	Manila (Hokkien)	墨賊, 花枝
	Shantou	墨斗
	Shantou (Chenghai)	墨斗
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	墨斗
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	墨賊
	Jieyang	墨斗
	Haikou	墨賊
Puxian Min	Putian	烏賊
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	烏賊
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	烏賊
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	烏賊
	Xianyou	烏賊, 墨魚
	Xianyou (Fengting)	烏賊, 墨魚
	Xianyou (Youyang)	烏賊, 墨魚
Central Min	Yong'an	墨魚
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	墨魚
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	墨魚
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	墨魚
Wu	Shanghai	烏賊魚
	Shanghai (Chongming)	烏賊
	Suzhou	烏賊魚
	Danyang	烏賊魚
	Hangzhou	烏賊魚, 烏賊
	Ningbo	烏賊
	Wenzhou	烏賊
Xiang	Changsha	墨斗魚

(octopus):

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	Shanghai	烏賊魚, 章魚
	Ningbo	望潮
	Ningbo (Zhenhai)	望潮
	Wenzhou	章魚

Descendants

• → Korean: 오징어 (ojing'eo)