琵琶魚

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Chinese

		pipa	fish
trad. (琵琶魚)		琵琶	魚
simp. (琵琶鱼)		琵琶	鱼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pípáyú

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄚˊ ㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴ paa⁴ jyu^4-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pî-pê-hî / pî-pê-hû / khî-pê-hî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pípáyú → pípayú (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄚˊ ㄩˊ → ㄆㄧˊ ˙ㄆㄚㄩˊ (toneless variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pípåyú
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi²-pʻa⁵-yü²
  - Yale: pí-pa-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi.paryu
  - Palladius: пипаюй (pipajuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ pʰä³⁵ y³⁵/ → /pʰi³⁵ pʰä³ y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pei⁴ paa⁴ jyu^4-2
  - Yale: pèih pàh yú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴ paa⁴ jy^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴ pa⁴ yu^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹ pʰaː²¹ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî-pê-hî
  - Tâi-lô: pî-pê-hî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pi'pe'hii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²³⁻³³ pe²³⁻³³ hi²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî-pê-hû
  - Tâi-lô: pî-pê-hû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pi'pe'huu
  - IPA (Taipei): /pi²⁴⁻¹¹ pe²⁴⁻¹¹ hu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khî-pê-hî
  - Tâi-lô: khî-pê-hî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qi'pe'hii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi²³⁻³³ pe²³⁻³³ hi²³/

Noun

琵琶魚

(colloquial) anglerfish

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