金魚

See also: 金鱼

Chinese

metal; gold; money fish
trad. (金魚)
simp. (金鱼)

Pronunciation


Noun

金魚

  1. goldfish (Classifier: m c;  m mn)
    金魚世界著名觀賞魚類之一 [MSC, trad.]
    金鱼世界著名观赏鱼类之一 [MSC, simp.]
    Jīnyú shì shìjiè zhùmíng sān dà guānshǎng yúlèi zhīyī. [Pinyin]
    The goldfish is one of the three famous kinds of ornamental fish in the world.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
きん
Grade: 1
ぎょ
Grade: 2
kan'on

Pronunciation

Noun

(きん)(ぎょ) or 金魚(キンギョ) • (kingyo

  1. a goldfish

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN