巴沙魚

Chinese

		phonetic	fish
trad. (巴沙魚)		巴沙	魚
simp. (巴沙鱼)		巴沙	鱼

Etymology

From Vietnamese cá ba sa, with cá calqued into 魚 / 鱼 (yú).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāshāyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄕㄚ ㄩˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāshāyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄕㄚ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bashayú
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-sha¹-yü²
    • Yale: bā-shā-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bashayu
    • Palladius: башаюй (bašajuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ y³⁵/

Noun

巴沙魚

1. basa fish (Pangasius bocourti)

Usage notes

• Fish of species Pangasianodon hypophthalmus are sold under this name as well (Ni, 2023).
• Oftentimes the commercially sold filleted "龍利 / 龙利 (lónglì, “sole”)" is actually this fish filleted.