米魚

See also: 米鱼

Chinese

		rice; metre	fish
trad. (米魚)		米	魚
simp. (米鱼)		米	鱼

Etymology 1

Corruption of 鮸魚／𩾃鱼 (miǎnyú).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǐyú

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ ㄩˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǐyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ ㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǐyú
  - Wade–Giles: mi³-yü²
  - Yale: mǐ-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miiyu
  - Palladius: миюй (mijuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/

Noun

米魚

(Wu, dialectal Mandarin) mi-iuy croaker (Miichthys miiuy)

Synonyms

鮸魚／𩾃鱼 (miǎnyú)
鮸仔魚／𩾃仔鱼
鰵魚／鳘鱼 (mǐnyú)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-hî

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-hî
  - Tâi-lô: bí-hî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: by'hii
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hi²⁴/

Noun

米魚

(Xiamen Hokkien) lancelet

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