錦鯉

See also: 锦鲤

Chinese

		brocade; embroidered work; bright	carp
trad. (錦鯉)		錦	鯉
simp. (锦鲤)		锦	鲤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐnlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam² lei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐnlǐ [Phonetic: jínlǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐnlǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chin³-li³
    • Yale: jǐn-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiinlii
    • Palladius: цзиньли (czinʹli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam² lei⁵
    • Yale: gám léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam² lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem² léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ lei̯¹³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 錦鯉

1. koi
2. (slang, neologism) good luck
3. (slang, neologism) good luck charm; talisman
4. (slang, neologism) lucky person

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
錦	鯉
にしき Grade: S	こい > ごい Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Noun

錦(にしき)鯉(ごい) or 錦鯉(ニシキゴイ) • (nishikigoi) 

1. a colored carp