美人魚

See also: 美人鱼

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	mermaid; merperson; merfolk mermaid; merperson; merfolk; dugong
trad. (美人魚)		美	人魚
simp. (美人鱼)		美	人鱼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měirényú

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ jan⁴ jyu⁴
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵me-zen₆-yu₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měirényú
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měirényú
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-jên²-yü²
    • Yale: měi-rén-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeirenyu
    • Palladius: мэйжэньюй (mɛjžɛnʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ jan⁴ jyu⁴
    • Yale: méih yàhn yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ jan⁴ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ yen⁴ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ jɐn²¹ jyː²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵me-zen₆-yu₆
    • MiniDict: 'me^去 zen^去 yu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²'me-zen₃-hhy₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /me³³ zən⁵⁵ ɦy²¹/

Noun

美人魚

1. mermaid; merperson; merfolk
2. dugong

Synonyms

• (mermaid): 人魚／人鱼 (rényú); (Leizhou Min) 白吳魚／白吴鱼
• (dugong):

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• 人魚 / 人鱼 (rényú)
• 儒艮 (rúgèn)
• 南海牛 (nánhǎiniú)

 

Vietnamese

Noun

美人魚

1. chữ Hán form of mỹ nhân ngư (“mermaid”).