蝴蝶魚

Chinese

		butterfly; hinge	fish
trad. (蝴蝶魚)		蝴蝶	魚
simp. (蝴蝶鱼)		蝴蝶	鱼

Etymology

Compare English butterflyfish.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húdiéyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄩˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húdiéyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húdiéyú
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-tieh²-yü²
    • Yale: hú-dyé-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwudyeyu
    • Palladius: худеюй (xudejuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵ y³⁵/

Noun

蝴蝶魚

1. (～屬) Chaetodon
2. (～科) butterflyfish (Chaetodontidae)
3. (～目) Chaetodontiformes