wooden fish

English

a wooden fish

Etymology

Calque from Chinese 木魚／木鱼 (mùyú).

Noun

wooden fish (plural wooden fish)

1. A wooden percussion instrument played by monks and lay people in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition in China, Japan, Korea and other East Asian countries.

Translations

percussion instrument

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 木魚／木鱼 (zh) (mùyú), 木鱼 (zh) (mùyú)

• Finnish: puukala (fi)
• Indonesian: ikan kayu
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• Japanese: 木魚 (mokugyo)
• Korean: 목어 (ko) (mogeo)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: mõ (vi), mộc ngư