羅非魚

Chinese

		phonetic	fish
trad. (羅非魚)		羅非	魚
simp. (罗非鱼)		罗非	鱼

Etymology

Partial calque of Vietnamese cá rô phi (literally “African perch”); the Sino-Vietnamese component phi (“Africa”) was rendered, perhaps coincidentally, by 非 (Fēi, “Africa”), its etymological equivalent in Chinese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luófēiyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄟ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lo⁴ fei¹ jyu^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luófēiyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄟ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luófeiyú
    • Wade–Giles: lo²-fei¹-yü²
    • Yale: lwó-fēi-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luofeiyu
    • Palladius: лофэйюй (lofɛjjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lo⁴ fei¹ jyu^4-2
    • Yale: lòh fēi yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lo⁴ fei¹ jy^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: lo⁴ féi¹ yu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔː²¹ fei̯⁵⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

羅非魚

1. tilapia

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 羅非魚 (“tilapia”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		羅非魚, 非洲鯽魚
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	吳郭魚
	Malaysia	非洲魚
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	羅非魚
	Nanning (Wuming)	非洲鯽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	福壽魚
	Nanning	非洲鯽
	Nanning (Tanka)	羅非
Hakka	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	非洲鯽
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	吳郭魚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	南洋鯽
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	南洋鯉仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	南洋鯽
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	南洋鯽仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	吳郭魚, 南洋鯽
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	吳郭魚, 南洋鯽
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	吳郭魚, 南洋鯽
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	南洋鯽
Southern Min	Quanzhou	非洲鯽
	Zhangzhou	鯽仔魚
	Zhangpu	鯽仔
	Zhao'an	非洲鰂
	Taipei (Wanhua)	吳郭魚
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	吳郭魚
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	吳郭魚
	Kaohsiung	南洋鮘仔, 南洋鯽仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	南洋鮘仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	南洋鮘仔, 南洋鯽仔
	Yilan	吳郭魚
	Yilan (Luodong)	吳郭魚
	Yilan (Toucheng)	吳郭魚
	Changhua (Lukang)	臺南鯽仔
	Taichung	吳郭仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	吳郭魚
	Tainan	南洋鮘仔
	Tainan (Anping)	南洋鮘仔
	Taitung	南洋鯽仔
	Hsinchu	南洋鮘仔
	Kinmen (Jinsha)	吳郭魚
	Penghu (Magong)	鯽仔魚
	Penghu (Xiyu)	吳郭, 鯽仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	日本魚
	Wenchang	羅非魚