文昌魚

See also: 文昌鱼

Chinese

			fish
trad. (文昌魚)		文昌	魚
simp. (文昌鱼)		文昌	鱼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wénchāngyú

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄔㄤㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ coeng¹ jyu^4-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-chhiong-hî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wénchāngyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄔㄤㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúnchangyú
  - Wade–Giles: wên²-chʻang¹-yü²
  - Yale: wén-chāng-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenchangyu
  - Palladius: вэньчанъюй (vɛnʹčanʺjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁴ coeng¹ jyu^4-2
  - Yale: màhn chēung yú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ tsoeng¹ jy^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ cêng¹ yu^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-chhiong-hî
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-tshiong-hî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bunchionghii
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hi²⁴/

Noun

文昌魚

lancelet; amphioxus (any fish of the genus Branchiostoma)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 文昌魚 (“lancelet”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		文昌魚
Southern Min	Xiamen	米魚, 生白仔, 鱷魚蟲, 扁擔魚
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	霜擔魩
	Zhangzhou	鱷魚蟲