文昌魚

See also: 文昌鱼

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	prosperous; flourish	fish
trad. (文昌魚)		文	昌	魚
simp. (文昌鱼)		文	昌	鱼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénchāngyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄔㄤ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ coeng¹ jyu^4-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-chhiong-hî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénchāngyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄔㄤ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnchangyú
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-chʻang¹-yü²
    • Yale: wén-chāng-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenchangyu
    • Palladius: вэньчанъюй (vɛnʹčanʺjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ coeng¹ jyu^4-2
    • Yale: màhn chēung yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ tsoeng¹ jy^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ cêng¹ yu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-chhiong-hî
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-tshiong-hî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bunchionghii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hi²⁴/

Noun

文昌魚

1. lancelet

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 文昌魚 (“lancelet”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		文昌魚
Southern Min	Xiamen	米魚, 生白仔, 鱷魚蟲
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	霜擔魩
	Zhangzhou	鱷魚蟲