亞冬魚

Chinese

		phonetic	fish
trad. (亞冬魚)		亞冬	魚
simp. (亚冬鱼)		亚冬	鱼
alternative forms		亞東魚／亚东鱼

Etymology

From Portuguese atum + 魚／鱼 (yú).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàdōngyú, yǎdōngyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄩˊ, ㄧㄚˇ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ dung¹ jyu^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàdōngyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàdongyú
    • Wade–Giles: ya⁴-tung¹-yü²
    • Yale: yà-dūng-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yahdongyu
    • Palladius: ядунъюй (jadunʺjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎdōngyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎdongyú
    • Wade–Giles: ya³-tung¹-yü²
    • Yale: yǎ-dūng-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeadongyu
    • Palladius: ядунъюй (jadunʺjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ dung¹ jyu^4-2
    • Yale: a dūng yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ dung¹ jy^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ dung¹ yu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ tʊŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

亞冬魚

1. (chiefly Macau) tuna

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鮪魚 (“tuna”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鮪, 鮪魚, 金槍魚
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鮪魚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	吞那魚, 青干
	Hong Kong	吞拿魚
	Macau	吞拿魚, 亞冬魚
Hakka	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	串仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	串仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	刀鯧
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	串仔
Southern Min	Taipei (Wanhua)	串仔魚
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	串仔
	Kaohsiung	串仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	串仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	串仔
	Yilan	串仔魚
	Changhua (Lukang)	串仔
	Taichung	串仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	串仔魚
	Tainan	串仔魚, 串仔
	Tainan (Anping)	串仔
	Taitung	串仔
	Hsinchu	串仔魚
	Penghu (Magong)	串仔
	Penghu (Xiyu)	串仔