河豚
Chinese
editriver | suckling pig | ||
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trad. (河豚) | 河 | 豚 | |
simp. #(河豚) | 河 | 豚 | |
alternative forms | 河魨/河鲀 pufferfish |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hétún
- Wade–Giles: ho2-tʻun2
- Yale: hé-twún
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hertwen
- Palladius: хэтунь (xɛtunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xɤ³⁵ tʰu̯ən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ho4 tyun4
- Yale: hòh tyùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: ho4 tyn4
- Guangdong Romanization: ho4 tün4
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɔː²¹ tʰyːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: ho2 tiin
- Sinological IPA (key): /ho²⁴ tʰɨn²/
- (Nanchang)
Noun
edit河豚
Synonyms
editHyponyms
editDerived terms
edit- 河豚毒素 (hétún dúsù)
Japanese
editEtymology 1
editKanji in this term | |
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河 | 豚 |
Grade: 5 | Grade: S |
jukujikun |
In light of the older pronunciation fuku,[1] most likely derived from the verb 吹く (fuku, “to blow”), perhaps from the way the fish blow sand to find food. Alternatively, related to the verb 膨れる (fukureru, “to swell up, to expand”).
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
edit- a blowfish
- (slang) a fat and unattractive woman
- (slang) someone who is quick to anger and who puffs up
- (slang) a gun (from the way that getting hit may kill)
Usage notes
edit- The kanji spelling is uncommonly used. Usually spelled in kana.
- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as フグ.
Synonyms
edit- (Kansai) 鉄砲 (teppō)
Descendants
edit- English: fugu
Etymology 2
editKanji in this term | |
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河 | 豚 |
か Grade: 5 |
とん Grade: S |
kan'on |
From Middle Chinese 河豚 (MC ha dwon, literally “river + pig”). Compare modern Mandarin reading hétún.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editUsage notes
editThis reading is less common than fugu above.
References
edit- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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