紙魚

See also: 纸鱼

Chinese

		paper	fish
trad. (紙魚)		紙	魚
simp. (纸鱼)		纸	鱼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² jyu^4-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chóa-hî / chóa-hû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhyú
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-yü²
    • Yale: jř-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyyu
    • Palladius: чжиюй (čžijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² jyu^4-2
    • Yale: jí yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² jy^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² yu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóa-hî
    • Tâi-lô: tsuá-hî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoafhii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sua⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hi²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóa-hû
    • Tâi-lô: tsuá-hû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoafhuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²⁴/

Noun

紙魚

1. silverfish

Synonyms

• 壁魚／壁鱼 (bìyú)
• 書蛀蟲／书蛀虫 (shūzhùchóng)
• 書蟲／书虫 (shūchóng)
• 白魚／白鱼 (báiyú)
• 蛀 (zhù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 蛀書蟲／蛀书虫
• 蠹 (dù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 蠹魚／蠹鱼 (dùyú)
• 衣蟲／衣虫 (yīchóng)
• 衣魚／衣鱼 (yīyú)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紙	魚
し Grade: 2	み Grade: 2
on’yomi	jukujikun

Alternative spellings
衣魚 蠧魚 蠹魚

Etymology

From Old Japanese (see 蟫). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 紙魚／纸鱼 (zhǐyú).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しみ [shìmí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕimʲi]

Noun

紙(し)魚(み) or 紙魚(シミ) • (shimi) 

1. Any insect of the family Lepismatidae, a silverfish or bristletail.
   • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典／新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局／大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:

     紙魚(しみ)の食(く)った本(ほん)

     shimi no kutta hon

     A book damaged by silverfish

Derived terms

• 大和(やまと)紙魚(しみ) (Yamato shimi, “Ctenolepisma villosa”)