草魚

Chinese

	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	fish
trad. (草魚)	草	魚
simp. (草鱼)	草	鱼
alternative forms	艸魚

Etymology

A reference of this fish being a herbivore (Bencao Gangmu).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎoyú

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² jyu^4-2
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chháu-hî / chháu-hîr / chháu-hû

(Teochew, Peng'im): cao² he⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǎoyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎoyú
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-yü²
  - Yale: tsǎu-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaoyu
  - Palladius: цаоюй (caojuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cou² jyu^4-2
  - Yale: chóu yú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² jy^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: cou² yu^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-hî
  - Tâi-lô: tsháu-hî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'hii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hi²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hi²³/
  - IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁵⁵ hi²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-hîr
  - Tâi-lô: tsháu-hîr
  - IPA (Lukang): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁻³⁵ hɨ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɯ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻²⁴ hɯ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-hû
  - Tâi-lô: tsháu-hû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'huu
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cao² he⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsháu hṳ̂
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ hɯ⁵⁵/

Noun

草魚

grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) (Classifier: 條／条 m; 尾 m mn)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 草魚 (“grass carp”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		草魚, 鯇
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	草魚
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	草根魚, 草根
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	草魚子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	草鯉子, 草魚
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	草魚
	Xi'an	草魚
	Xining	草魚
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	草魚
	Lanzhou	草魚
	Ürümqi	草魚
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	草魚
	Wuhan	草魚, 草鯇
	Guiyang	草魚
	Guilin (Lingui)	草魚
	Liuzhou	草魚
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	草魚
	Nanning (Wuming)	草魚
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	草鯶, 白鯶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	草鯶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鯇魚
	Hong Kong	鯇魚
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	鯇魚
	Macau	鯇魚
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	鯇魚
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鯇魚
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	鯇魚
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	鯇魚
	Foshan	鯇魚
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鯇魚
	Foshan (Shunde)	鯇魚
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鯇魚
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鯇魚
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鯇魚
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	鯇魚
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	鯇魚
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	鯇魚
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鯇魚
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鯇魚
	Taishan	鯇魚
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鯇魚
	Enping (Niujiang)	鯇魚
	Heshan (Yayao)	鯇魚
	Dongguan	鯇魚
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	鯇魚
	Nanning	鯇魚, 草魚
	Wuzhou	鯇魚, 草魚
	Yulin	草魚
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	草魚
	Guiping	鯇魚
	Mengshan (Xihe)	鯇魚
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	鯇魚
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	鯇魚
	Baise	鯇魚
	Bobai	草魚
	Lingshan	鯇魚
	Pubei	鯇魚
	Qinzhou	鯇魚
	Beihai	鯇魚
	Ningming	鯇魚
	Hengzhou	草魚
	Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	草魚
Gan	Pengze	草魚
	Lichuan	草魚
	Pingxiang	草魚
Hakka	Meixian	鯇仔
	Xingning	鯇哩, 鯇公
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	鯇魚
	Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)	草鯇
	Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)	草鯇
	Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)	草鯇
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	鯇魚
	Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)	鯇仔
	Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)	鯇魚
	Boluo (Bendihua)	鯇魚
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鯇魚
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	鯇魚
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	鯇哩
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	鯇魚
	Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)	鯇魚
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	鯇魚
	Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)	鯇魚
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	鯇魚
	Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)	鯇魚
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	鯇咧
	Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)	鯇魚
	Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)	鯇魚
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	鯇魚
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	草魚, 鯇
	Yudu	鯇魚, 草魚, 鯇子, 草子
	Ruijin	鯇子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	草魚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	草魚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	草魚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	草魚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	草魚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	草魚
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	鯇魚
	Mashan (Pianlian)	鯇魚
Huizhou	Jixi	草魚, 青魚
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	草魚
Eastern Min	Fuqing	草魚
Southern Min	Xiamen	草魚
	Quanzhou	草魚
	Zhao'an	草魚
	Taipei	草魚
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	草魚
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	草魚
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	草魚
	Kaohsiung	草魚
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	草魚
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	草魚
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	草魚
	Yilan	草魚
	Yilan (Toucheng)	草魚
	Changhua (Lukang)	草魚
	Taichung	草魚
	Tainan	草魚
	Tainan (Anping)	草魚
	Hsinchu	草魚
	Kinmen	草魚
	Penghu (Magong)	草魚
	Penghu (Xiyu)	草魚
	Singapore (Hokkien)	草魚
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	草魚
	Datian	草魚
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	草魚
	Shantou	草魚
	Leizhou	鯇魚
Puxian Min	Putian	草鰱, 草魚
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	草鰱
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	草鰱
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	草鰱
	Xianyou	草鰱
	Xianyou (Fengting)	草鰱
	Xianyou (Youyang)	草鰱
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	鯇魚
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	鯇魚
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	草魚
	Nanning (Shajing)	草魚
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	草魚
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Chaoyang)	草魚
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	草魚
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	草魚
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	草魚
Wu	Shanghai	草青
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	草魚
	Shanghai (Jiading)	鯇魚
	Suzhou	鯇魚
	Danyang	草魚, 草紋
	Hangzhou	鯇魚
	Ningbo	草魚
	Wenzhou	草青, 草魚
	Jinhua	青魚, 草魚
Xiang	Changsha	草魚
	Loudi	草魚
	Quanzhou	草魚
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	草魚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
草	魚
そう Grade: 1	ぎょ Grade: 2
on'yomi	kan'on

ソウギョ on Japanese Wikipedia

Noun

草(そう)魚(ぎょ) or 草魚(ソウギョ) • (sōgyo)

grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Korean

Hanja in this term
草	魚

Noun

草魚 • (cho'eo) (hangeul 초어)

hanja form^? of 초어 (“grass carp”)