鰣魚

Chinese

		shad; Ilisha elongata	fish
trad. (鰣魚)		鰣	魚
simp. (鲥鱼)		鲥	鱼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁴ jyu^4-2
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zy-ng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhyú
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-yü²
    • Yale: shŕ-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyryu
    • Palladius: шиюй (šijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁴ jyu^4-2
    • Yale: sìh yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁴ jy^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁴ yu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²¹ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zy-ng
    • MiniDict: zy^去 ng
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr-ngg
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²² ŋ̍⁴⁴/

Noun

鰣魚

1. Reeves' shad

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鰣	魚
じ Hyōgai	ぎょ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiɡʲo̞]

Noun

鰣(じ)魚(ぎょ) or 鰣魚(ジギョ) • (jigyo) 

1. Reeves' shad, Tenualosa reevesii

Usage notes

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