白魚

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	fish
trad. (白魚)		白	魚
simp. (白鱼)		白	鱼
anagram		魚白／鱼白

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báiyú

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄩˊ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-hîr / pe̍h-hî / pe̍eh-hî
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁸baq-ng / ⁸baq-³ng₂

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báiyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báiyú
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-yü²
  - Yale: bái-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairyu
  - Palladius: байюй (bajjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ y³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Tong'an)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-hîr
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍h-hîr
  - IPA (Tong'an): /pe(ʔ)⁵³⁻¹ hɯ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hɯ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-hî
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍h-hî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peqhii
  - IPA (Jinjiang): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hi²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hi²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-hî
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-hî
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ hi¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸baq-ng
  - MiniDict: bah^入 ng
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵baq-ngg
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ¹¹ ŋ̍²³/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁸baq-³ng₂
  - MiniDict: bah^入 ng^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /bɑʔ²² ŋ̍⁵¹/

Noun

白魚

silverfish
a common name for some freshwater ray-finned fishes of Cultrinae (Xenocyprididae), such as Anabarilius spp., Culter spp., Chanodichthys spp., and Hemiculter spp.
(Hokkien) largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus)

Synonyms

(silverfish):

壁魚 / 壁鱼 (bìyú)
布魚 / 布鱼 (Putian Puxian Min)
書蛀蟲 / 书蛀虫 (shūzhùchóng)
書蟲 / 书虫 (shūchóng)
紙魚 / 纸鱼 (zhǐyú)
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)

(largehead hairtail):

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	魚
しら Grade: 1	うお Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Noun

白(しら)魚(うお) or 白魚(シラウオ) • (shirauo)

Salangichthys microdon, a species of noodlefish
icefish, noodlefish, fish in the family Salangidae
(figurative) a woman's white and narrow fingers
synonym of 素魚 (shiro-uo, “ice goby, Leucopsarion petersii”)

Usage notes

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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	魚
はく Grade: 1	ぎょ Grade: 2
kan'on

Noun

白(はく)魚(ぎょ) • (hakugyo)

a white fish
synonym of 紙魚 (shimi, “silverfish”)
synonym of 似鯉 (nigoi, “Japanese barbel, Hemibarbus barbus”)