真鯛

Chinese

		real; true; genuine	{{taxfmt|Pagrus major|species}}
trad. (真鯛/眞鯛)		真/眞	鯛
simp. (真鲷)		真	鲷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēndiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄉㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ diu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēndiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄉㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhendiao
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-tiao¹
    • Yale: jēn-dyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jendiau
    • Palladius: чжэньдяо (čžɛnʹdjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan¹ diu¹
    • Yale: jān dīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ diu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ diu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ tiːu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

真鯛

1. red porgy; red seabream (Pagrus major)

Synonyms

• 鯛魚／鲷鱼 (diāoyú)
• 加吉魚／加吉鱼 (jiājíyú)
• (Hokkien) 加臘／加腊

Japanese

Kanji in this term
真	鯛
ま Grade: 3	たい > だい Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
眞鯛 (kyūjitai)

Noun

真(ま)鯛(だい) or 真鯛(マダイ) • (madai) 

1. red seabream, Pagrus major

   Synonym: 大鯛 (ōdai)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

References

• “真^▲鯛”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026