八目鰻

Chinese

		eight	eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title	eel; Anguilla rostrata
trad. (八目鰻)		八	目	鰻
simp. (八目鳗)		八	目	鳗

八目鰻。

Etymology

So called because they have one eye and seven gill slits on each side (see picture).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāmùmán

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄇㄨˋ ㄇㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāmùmán
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄇㄨˋ ㄇㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bamùmán
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-mu⁴-man²
    • Yale: bā-mù-mán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bamuhman
    • Palladius: бамумань (bamumanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ mu⁵¹ män³⁵/

Noun

八目鰻

1. lamprey

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	目	鰻
や(つ) Grade: 1	め Grade: 1	うなぎ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

八つ (yatsu, “eight”) +‎ 目 (me, “eye”) +‎ 鰻 (unagi, “eel”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やつめう​なぎ [yàtsúméúꜜnàgì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠t͡sɨᵝme̞ɯ̟ᵝna̠ɡʲi]

Noun

八(やつ)目(め)鰻(うなぎ) or 八目鰻(ヤツメウナギ) • (yatsumeunagi) 

1. a lamprey