木魚

See also: 木鱼

Chinese

		tree; wood	fish
trad. (木魚)		木	魚
simp. (木鱼)		木	鱼

木魚。／木鱼。

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ jyu^4-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-hî / bo̍k-hîr / bo̍k-hû / bo̍k-gîr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùyú
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-yü²
    • Yale: mù-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhyu
    • Palladius: муюй (mujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ jyu^4-2
    • Yale: muhk yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ jy^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ yu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Yilan, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-hî
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-hî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boghii
    • IPA (Yilan): /bɔk̚⁵⁻² hi²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² hi²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hi¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² hi²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-hîr
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-hîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² hɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-hû
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-hû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boghuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² hu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-gîr
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-gîr

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 木魚

1. wooden fish (Buddhist wooden percussion instrument)

Synonyms

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• 魚鼓／鱼鼓 (yúgǔ)

 

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 木魚

1. (～鎮) Muyu (a town in Shennongjia, Hubei, China)
2. (～村) Muyu (a village in Muyu, Shennongjia, Hubei, China)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
木	魚
もく Grade: 1	ぎょ Grade: 2
goon	kan'on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 木魚 (MC muwk ngjo). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

木(もく)魚(ぎょ) • (mokugyo) 

1. (Buddhism) wooden fish:
   1. a wooden percussion instrument in the shape of a fish used to signal monks to their duties
   2. a round, hollow, vaguely fish-shaped wooden percussion instrument used during recitations of Buddhist sutras

      Synonym: 魚柝 (gyotaku)

2. (colloquial) katsuobushi
3. (slang) an impregnated married woman

   from the appearance of the stomach akin to the round hollow wooden fish

Derived terms

• 木(もく)魚講(ぎょこう) (mokugyokō)
• 木魚(もくぎょ)入(い)り合(あい)方(かた) (mokugyo iri aikata)

See also

• ぽくぽく (pokupoku, “onomatopoeia of striking a wooden fish”)