飛魚

See also: 飞鱼

Chinese

		to fly	fish
trad. (飛魚)		飛	魚
simp. (飞鱼)		飞	鱼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēiyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ jyu^4-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe-hî / poe-hî / pe-hû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēiyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: feiyú
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹-yü²
    • Yale: fēi-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feiyu
    • Palladius: фэйюй (fɛjjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ y³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 飛魚 / 飞鱼 鯡魚 / 鲱鱼

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fei¹ jyu^4-2
    • Yale: fēi yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ jy^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ yu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 飛魚 / 飞鱼 鯡魚 / 鲱鱼

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe-hî
    • Tâi-lô: pe-hî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pe'hii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe⁴⁴⁻²² hi²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poe-hî
    • Tâi-lô: pue-hî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poe'hii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue⁴⁴⁻³³ hi²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe-hû
    • Tâi-lô: pe-hû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pe'huu
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe⁴⁴⁻³³ hu²⁴/

Noun

飛魚

1. flying fish
2. exceptional swimmer

Synonyms

• (flying fish):
  • 文魚／文鱼 (wényú)
  • 文鰩魚／文鳐鱼
  • (Min Nan) 飛烏／飞乌

Derived terms

• 飛魚服 / 飞鱼服
• 飛魚飛彈 / 飞鱼飞弹
• 鳶飛魚躍 / 鸢飞鱼跃

Japanese

Etymology 1

飛魚 (tobiuo, tobio, ago): a flying fish

Kanji in this term
飛	魚
と(び) Grade: 4	うお Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Compound of 飛(と)び (tobi, “flying”, the stem or continuative form of verb 飛ぶ (tobu, “to fly”)) + 魚(うお) (uo, “fish”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とびうお [tòbíúó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) とびうお [tòbíꜜùò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [to̞bʲiɯ̟o̞]

Noun

飛(とび)魚(うお) • (tobiuo) 

1. a flying fish

   Synonym: 梭子魚 (hiigo-uo)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
飛	魚
と(び) Grade: 4	うお > お Grade: 2
kun'yomi	irregular

Alteration of tobiuo reading.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞bʲio̞]

Noun

飛(とび)魚(お) • (tobio) 

1. (rare) a flying fish

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
飛	魚
あ Grade: 4	ご Grade: 2
irregular

Unknown. Alternate name for tobiuo above. Dialect word, used in areas around Kyūshū and the Sea of Japan.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あご [àgóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ɡo̞]

Noun

飛(あ)魚(ご) • (ago) 

1. (dialectal, Kyūshū, Sea of Japan) a flying fish

See also

• 飛(と)び子(こ) (tobiko)