石斑魚

See also: 石斑鱼

Chinese

		grouper	fish
trad. (石斑魚)		石斑	魚
simp. (石斑鱼)		石斑	鱼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíbānyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄅㄢ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sek⁶ baan¹ jyu^4-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chio̍h-pan-hî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíbānyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄅㄢ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhbanyú
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-pan¹-yü²
    • Yale: shŕ-bān-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrbanyu
    • Palladius: шибаньюй (šibanʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ pän⁵⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sek⁶ baan¹ jyu^4-2
    • Yale: sehk bāan yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹ baan¹ jy^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ség⁶ ban¹ yu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚² paːn⁵⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio̍h-pan-hî
    • Tâi-lô: tsio̍h-pan-hî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioiqpanhii
    • Sinological IPA (Philippines): /t͡sio(ʔ)²⁴⁻² pan³³ hi²⁴/

Noun

石斑魚

1. grouper (of the family Epinephelinae)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 石斑魚 (“grouper”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		石斑魚
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	石斑魚
	Singapore	石斑魚
Cantonese	Hong Kong	石斑
	Taishan	石斑
	Dongguan	石斑
	Singapore (Guangfu)	石斑
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	石斑仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	石斑
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	石斑
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	石斑
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	石斑
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	石斑
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	石斑
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	石斑仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	石斑
Huizhou	Jixi	石斑魚
Southern Min	Xiamen	石斑
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	石斑
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	石斑
	Kaohsiung	石斑
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	石斑
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	石斑, 鱖魚
	Yilan (Toucheng)	石斑, 鱖仔
	Tainan	石斑
	Tainan (Anping)	石斑, 鮢鱖仔
	Penghu (Xiyu)	石斑, 鱖仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	鱠鯸
	Singapore (Hokkien)	猴魚, 石斑
	Manila (Hokkien)	石斑魚, 石斑
	Leizhou	赤毛狗魚

Japanese

Etymology 1

石斑魚 (ugui): a Japanese dace.

Kanji in this term
石	斑	魚
うぐい
Grade: 1	Grade: S	Grade: 2
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
鯎

Derivation uncertain, with two theories:

• Possibly originally a compound of 鵜 (u, “cormorant”) +‎ 食い (kui, “eating, gobbling”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 食う (kuu, “to eat, to gobble”)).

/u/ + /kufi/ → /uɡufi/ → /uɡuwi/ → /uɡui/

• Alternatively, may be a shift from 海 (u, “sea, ocean”, hypothetical stem or root of 海 (umi, “sea”)) +‎ 鯉 (koi, “carp”).

/u/ + /kofi/ → */uɡofi/ → /uɡufi/ → /uɡuwi/ → /uɡui/

This three-kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ɡɯ̟i]
• (Tokyo) うぐい [ùgúí] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

石斑魚(うぐい) • (ugui) ^{←うぐひ (ugufi)?}

1. alternative spelling of 鯎 (ugui, “Japanese dace, also known as the big-scaled redfin (Pseudaspius hakonensis, syn. Tribolodon hakonensis), an edible fish in family Cyprinidae”)

Usage notes

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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
石	斑	魚
いしぶし
Grade: 1	Grade: S	Grade: 2
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
石伏 石伏し

For pronunciation and definitions of 石斑魚 – see the following entry.

【石伏いしぶし】 [noun] synonym of 葦登 (yoshinobori, “a kind of freshwater goby, any fish of genus Rhinogobius”) Alternative spelling 石伏し

(This term, 石斑魚, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

• “〈石斑魚〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026