虹鱒

Chinese

		rainbow	barbel
trad. (虹鱒)		虹	鱒
simp. (虹鳟)		虹	鳟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngzūn, hóngzùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄗㄨㄣ, ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄗㄨㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngzūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄗㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngzun
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-tsun¹
    • Yale: húng-dzwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngtzuen
    • Palladius: хунцзунь (xunczunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngzùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄗㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngzùn
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-tsun⁴
    • Yale: húng-dzwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngtzuenn
    • Palladius: хунцзунь (xunczunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ t͡su̯ən⁵¹/

Noun

虹鱒

1. (～魚) rainbow trout

Japanese

Kanji in this term
虹	鱒
にじ Grade: S	ます Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

虹鱒, Oncorhynchus mykiss

Etymology

Compound of 虹(にじ) (niji, “rainbow”) + 鱒(ます) (masu, “trout”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にじます [nìjímású] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) にじます [nìjíꜜmàsù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iʑima̠sɨ]

Noun

虹(にじ)鱒(ます) or 虹鱒(ニジマス) • (nijimasu) 

1. rainbow trout

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 ニジマス.