比目魚

Chinese

		side-by-side eyes; flatfish; loving couple side-by-side eyes; flatfish; loving couple; inseparable lovers	fish
trad. (比目魚)		比目	魚
simp. (比目鱼)		比目	鱼

比目魚。

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐmùyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² muk⁶ jyu^4-2
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): bi³ mug⁵ n²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pí-ba̍k-hî / pí-ba̍k-hû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bi² mag⁸ he⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐmùyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐmùyú
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-mu⁴-yü²
    • Yale: bǐ-mù-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biimuhyu
    • Palladius: бимуюй (bimujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei² muk⁶ jyu^4-2
    • Yale: béi muhk yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei² muk⁹ jy^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi² mug⁶ yu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ mʊk̚² jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bi³ mug⁵ n²
    • Sinological IPA: /pi³¹ mʊk̚¹ n̩¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-ba̍k-hî
    • Tâi-lô: pí-ba̍k-hî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: py'baghii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bak̚⁴⁻³² hi²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-ba̍k-hû
    • Tâi-lô: pí-ba̍k-hû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: py'baghuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bak̚⁴⁻³² hu²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bi² mag⁸ he⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pí ma̍k hṳ̂
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵²⁻³⁵ mak̚⁴⁻² hɯ⁵⁵/

Noun

比目魚

1. flatfish (order Pleuronectiformes)
2. (literary, figurative) inseparable couple or good friends

Synonyms

• (flatfish): 偏口魚／偏口鱼; (Cantonese) 左口魚／左口鱼, 大地魚／大地鱼; (Cantonese, Eastern Min) 鰨鯊／鳎鲨; (Hokkien) 扁魚／扁鱼, 鞋底魚／鞋底鱼; (Wu) 板魚／板鱼, 箬鰨魚／箬鳎鱼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
比	目	魚
ひらめ
Grade: 5	Grade: 1	Grade: 2
jukujikun

Etymology

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 比目魚／比目鱼 (bǐmùyú).

Noun

比目魚(ひらめ) or 比目魚(ヒラメ) • (hirame) 

1. Alternative spelling of 鮃 (“olive flounder”)