人魚

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See also: 人鱼

Chinese

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man; person; people fish
trad. (人魚)
simp. (人鱼)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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人魚

  1. mermaid; merperson; merfolk
  2. dugong
  3. (literary) giant salamander

Synonyms

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  • (giant salamander):

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (人魚):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
にん
Grade: 1
ぎょ
Grade: 2
goon kan'on
 人魚 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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(nin, human) +‎ (gyo, fish)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(にん)(ぎょ) (ningyo

  1. a merperson
    (にん)(ぎょ)(ひめ)
    Ningyo-hime
    The Little Mermaid
    (でん)(せつ)では、(かの)(じょ)(にん)(ぎょ)だったと()われる。
    Densetsu de wa, kanojo wa ningyo datta to iwareru.
    The legend says that she was a mermaid.
    • 1999 March 27, “(こう)(こつ)人魚(マーメイド) [Enchanting Mermaid]”, in Vol.2, Konami:
      (うみ)(こう)(かい)する(もの)(ゆう)(わく)しておぼれさせる、(うつく)しい(にん)(ぎょ)
      Umi o kōkai suru mono o yūwaku shite oboresaseru, utsukushii ningyo.
      A beautiful mermaid who lures seafarers before drowning them.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ 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
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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人魚 (ineo) (hangeul 인어)

  1. hanja form? of 인어 (merperson)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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人魚

  1. chữ Hán form of nhân ngư (merperson).