魚狗

See also: 鱼狗

Chinese

		fish	dog
trad. (魚狗)		魚	狗
simp. (鱼狗)		鱼	狗

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúgǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄍㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ gau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúgǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄍㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúgǒu
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-kou³
    • Yale: yú-gǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yugoou
    • Palladius: юйгоу (jujgou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ gau²
    • Yale: yùh gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ kɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

魚狗

1. kingfisher (Classifier: 隻／只 m)

Synonyms

• 翠鳥／翠鸟 (cuìniǎo)
• 魚虎／鱼虎 (yúhǔ)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 翠鳥 (“kingfisher”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		翠, 翡, 翡翠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		翠鳥
Mandarin	Taiwan	翠鳥, 魚狗
	Wuhan	翠雀, 釣魚郎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	釣魚郎
Gan	Pingxiang	翠翠鳥
Hakka	Meixian	翠仔, 官翠仔
	Xingning	羊牯翠
	Huidong (Daling)	官翠
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	官翠
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	翠鳥
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	青翠
	Changting	翠哩
	Wuping	沙鰍鑽
	Liancheng	翠鳥
	Yudu	翠子
	Ruijin	翠子
	Shicheng	翠子
	Shangyou (Shexi)	取子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	翡翠
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	翡翠
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	翡翠
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	翡翠
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	翡翠
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	翡翠
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	翠毛鳥
Southern Min	Xiamen	釣魚翁
	Zhangzhou	釣魚翁
	Tainan	釣魚翁 GT
	Shantou	釘魚鳥, 釘魚獅鳥
	Shantou (Chenghai)	釘魚鳥
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	釘魚鳥
	Jieyang	釘魚鳥, 釘魚獅
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	釣魚公
Wu	Wenzhou	青翠, 翠花鳥
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
魚	狗
Grade: 2	Hyōgaiji
irregular

Etymology

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 魚狗／鱼狗 (yúgǒu, literally “fish dog”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かわせみ [kàwásémí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠se̞mʲi]

Noun

魚狗(かわせみ) or 魚狗(カワセミ) • (kawasemi) ^{←かはせみ (kafasemi) or カハセミ (kafasemi)?}

1. Alternative spelling of 川蝉 (“common kingfisher”)