翻車魚

Chinese

		to flip over; to overturn; to derail to flip over; to overturn; to derail; to go south; to take a turn for the worse	fish
trad. (翻車魚)		翻車	魚
simp. (翻车鱼)		翻车	鱼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fānchēyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ ㄔㄜ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ ce¹ jyu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fānchēyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ ㄔㄜ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fancheyú
    • Wade–Giles: fan¹-chʻê¹-yü²
    • Yale: fān-chē-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fancheyu
    • Palladius: фаньчэюй (fanʹčɛjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan¹ ce¹ jyu²
    • Yale: fāan chē yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ tse¹ jy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ cé¹ yu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ jyː³⁵/

Noun

翻車魚

1. ocean sunfish (Mola mola)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
翻	車	魚
まんぼう
Grade: S (ateji)	Grade: 1 (ateji)	Grade: 2 (ateji)
irregular

Alternative spelling
飜車魚 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まんぼー [máꜜǹbòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mã̠mbo̞ː]

Noun

翻車魚(まんぼう) or 翻車魚(マンボウ) • (manbō) ^{←まんばう (manbau)?}

1. ocean sunfish, Mola mola

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).