鱷魚

See also: 鳄鱼

Chinese

		crocodile; alligator	fish
trad. (鱷魚/鰐魚)		鱷/鰐	魚
simp. (鳄鱼)		鳄	鱼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): èyú

(Zhuyin): ㄜˋ ㄩˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngok⁶ jyu^4-2

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ngok² ngui³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngo̍k-ǹg
Eastern Min (BUC): ngáuk-ngṳ̀ / ngăuk-ngṳ̀
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kho̍k-hî / kho̍k-hû / go̍k-hî / go̍k-hû / ngo̍k-hîr

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngag⁸ he⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: èyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: èyú
  - Wade–Giles: o⁴-yü²
  - Yale: è-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehyu
  - Palladius: эюй (ejuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹ y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngok⁶ jyu^4-2
  - Yale: ngohk yú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngok⁹ jy^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngog⁶ yu^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːk̚² jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ngok² ngui³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡɔk̚⁵⁵ ᵑɡui²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngo̍k-ǹg
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngog ng^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngog⁶ ng²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋok̚⁵ ŋ̍¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ngáuk-ngṳ̀ / ngăuk-ngṳ̀
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋouʔ²⁴⁻²¹ ŋy⁵³/, /ŋouʔ⁵⁻³³ ŋy⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho̍k-hî
  - Tâi-lô: kho̍k-hî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoghii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔk̚⁴⁻³² hi²³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho̍k-hû
  - Tâi-lô: kho̍k-hû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoghuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔk̚⁴⁻³² hu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: go̍k-hî
  - Tâi-lô: go̍k-hî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goghii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔk̚⁴⁻³² hi²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: go̍k-hû
  - Tâi-lô: go̍k-hû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goghuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡɔk̚⁴⁻³² hu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngo̍k-hîr
  - Tâi-lô: ngo̍k-hîr
  - IPA (Singapore): /ŋɔk̚⁴³⁻²¹ hɯ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngag⁸ he⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nga̍k hṳ̂
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋak̚⁴⁻² hɯ⁵⁵/

Noun

鱷魚

crocodilian (crocodile, alligator, gavial) (Classifier: 條／条 m c; 尾 mn; 隻／只 mn)
流出鱷魚的眼淚／流出鳄鱼的眼泪 ― liú chū èyúdeyǎnlèi ― to cry crocodile tears

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鱷魚 (“crocodile; alligator”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鱷, 忽雷, 骨雷
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鱷
Taxonomic name		鱷
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鱷魚
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	鱷魚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鱷魚
	Hong Kong	鱷魚
	Taishan	鱷魚
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鱷魚
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鱷魚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鱷魚
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	鱷魚
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	鱷魚
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	鱷魚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鱷魚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鱷魚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鱷魚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鱷魚
	Senai (Huiyang)	鱷魚
Southern Min	Xiamen	峇仔
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	鱷魚
	Zhangzhou	峇仔
	Zhao'an	鱷魚
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	鱷魚
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	鱷魚
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	鱷魚
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	鱷魚
	Yilan (Toucheng)	鱷魚
	Tainan	鱷魚
	Tainan (Anping)	鱷魚
	Penghu (Xiyu)	鱷魚
	Penang (Hokkien)	峇仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	峇仔, 鱷魚
	Manila (Hokkien)	鱷魚
	Chaozhou	鱷魚
	Shantou	鱷魚
	Jieyang	鱷魚, 峇囝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	峇囝
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	峇囝
	Singapore (Teochew)	峇囝
	Pontianak (Teochew)	峇囝

Derived terms

鱷魚的眼淚 / 鳄鱼的眼泪 (èyú de yǎnlèi)
鱷魚眼淚 / 鳄鱼眼泪 (èyú yǎnlèi)
鱷魚蟲 / 鳄鱼虫

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鱷魚):

→ Japanese: 鰐魚(がくぎょ) (gakugyo)
→ Korean: 악어(鰐魚) (ageo)

Others:

→ Bouyei: ngofyif