魚肉

See also: 鱼肉

Chinese

		fish	meat; flesh
trad. (魚肉)		魚	肉
simp. (鱼肉)		鱼	肉
anagram		肉魚／肉鱼

Etymology

“victims of oppression; to cruelly oppress”

See 人為刀俎，我為魚肉 / 人为刀俎，我为鱼肉 (rén wéi dāozǔ, wǒ wéi yúròu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúròu

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄖㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ juk⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ǹg-ngiuk
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hî-bah / hîr-mah / hî-mah / hû-bah / hîr-hia̍k / gû-lio̍k / hîr-lio̍k / gî-jio̍k / hîr-bah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúròu
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄖㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúròu
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-jou⁴
    • Yale: yú-ròu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yurow
    • Palladius: юйжоу (jujžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ juk⁶
    • Yale: yùh yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ jʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ǹg-ngiuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: ng^ˇ ngiug^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ng² ngiug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍¹¹ ŋi̯uk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hî-bah
    • Tâi-lô: hî-bah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hi'baq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hi²⁴⁻²² baʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi²³⁻³³ baʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi¹³⁻²² baʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hîr-mah
    • Tâi-lô: hîr-mah
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɯ²⁴⁻²² mãʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hî-mah
    • Tâi-lô: hî-mah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: himaq
    • IPA (Philippines): /hi²⁴⁻²² maʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Jinjiang): /hi²⁴⁻²² mãʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hû-bah
    • Tâi-lô: hû-bah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hu'baq
    • IPA (Taipei): /hu²⁴⁻¹¹ baʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hîr-hia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: hîr-hia̍k
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɯ²⁴⁻²² hiak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-lio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: gû-lio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: guliok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² liɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hîr-lio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: hîr-lio̍k
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɯ²⁴⁻²² liɔk̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî-jio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: gî-jio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gijiok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi¹³⁻²² d͡ziɔk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hîr-bah
    • Tâi-lô: hîr-bah
    • IPA (Singapore): /hɯ²⁴⁻²¹ baʔ³²/

Note:

• hî-bah/hîr-mah/hî-mah/hû-bah/hîr-hia̍k/hîr-bah - vernacular (fish meat);
• gû-lio̍k/hîr-lio̍k/gî-jio̍k - literary (victims of oppression, to oppress).

Noun

魚肉

1. fish (as meat); flesh of fish
2. fish and meat
3. (literary) victims of oppression

Derived terms

• 人為刀俎，我為魚肉 / 人为刀俎，我为鱼肉 (rén wéi dāozǔ, wǒ wéi yúròu)
• 自相魚肉 / 自相鱼肉
• 魚肉鄉民 / 鱼肉乡民

Verb

魚肉

1. (literary) to cruelly oppress

   任人魚肉／任人鱼肉  ―  rènrén yúròu  ―  to be oppressed by others

Japanese

Kanji in this term
魚	肉
ぎょ Grade: 2	にく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぎょにく [gyòníkú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲo̞ɲ̟ikɯ̟]

Noun

魚(ぎょ)肉(にく) • (gyoniku) 

1. fish meat, fish