鯉魚

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See also: 鲤鱼

Chinese

carp fish
trad. (鯉魚) 鯉 魚
simp. (鲤鱼) 鲤 鱼

Etymology

See the entry 雙鯉魚 for the figurative senses.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • li2 he2 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
  • li2 hu2 - Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai.

Noun

鯉魚

  1. carp, especially the common carp (Cyprinus carpio) (Classifier: 條／条 m c; 尾 m mn)
  2. (figuratively) messenger
  3. (figuratively) letter; correspondence

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鯉魚 (“carp”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 鯉
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 鯉魚, 鯉
Taxonomic name 鯉
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 鯉魚, 拐子
Taiwan 鯉魚
Chengde 鯉魚
Chifeng 鯉魚
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 鯉魚
Heihe 鯉魚, 鯉子
Qiqihar 鯉魚
Harbin 鯉魚, 大鯉魚, 鯉子, 大鯉子
Jiamusi 鯉魚
Baicheng 鯉魚
Changchun 鯉魚
Tonghua 鯉魚
Shenyang 鯉魚
Jinzhou 鯉魚, 鯉子
Singapore 鯉魚
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 拐子
Tangshan 鯉魚
Cangzhou 鯉魚
Baoding 鯉魚
Shijiazhuang 鯉魚
Lijin 鯉魚
Jinan 鯉魚
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 鯉魚
Dandong 鯉魚
Yantai 鯉魚
Yantai (Muping) 鯉魚
Qingdao 鯉魚
Zhucheng 鯉魚
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 鯉魚
Lingbao 鯉魚
Jining 鯉魚
Linfen 鯉魚
Shangqiu 鯉魚
Yuanyang 鯉魚
Zhengzhou 鯉魚
Xinyang 鯉魚
Baihe 鯉魚
Xi'an 鯉魚
Baoji 鯉魚
Tianshui 鯉魚
Xining 鯉魚
Xuzhou 鯉魚, 紅魚
Fuyang 鯉魚
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 鯉魚
Lanzhou 鯉魚
Dunhuang 鯉魚
Hami 鯉魚
Ürümqi 鯉魚
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 鯉魚
Nanchong 鯉魚
Dazhou 鯉魚
Hanyuan 鯉魚
Xichang 鯉魚
Zigong 鯉魚
Chongqing 鯉魚
Wuhan 鯉魚
Yichang 鯉魚, 拐子魚, 拐魚
Xiangyang 鯉魚
Tianmen 鯉魚
Guiyang 鯉魚
Zunyi 鯉魚
Bijie 鯉魚
Liping 鯉魚
Zhaotong 鯉魚
Dali 黃殼鯉魚
Kunming 鯉魚
Mengzi 鯉魚
Guilin 鯉魚
Liuzhou 鯉魚
Jishou 鯉魚
Changde 鯉魚
Hanzhong 鯉魚
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 鯉魚
Yangzhou 鯉魚, 龍魚, 花魚
Lianyungang 鯉魚, 紅魚
Lianshui 鯉魚
Nantong 花魚
Anqing 鯉魚, 鯉拐子
Wuhu 鯉魚
Hefei 鯉魚
Hong'an 鯉魚
Cantonese Guangzhou 鯉魚
Hong Kong 鯉魚
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 鯉魚
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 鯉魚
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 鯉魚
Macau 鯉魚
Guangzhou (Panyu) 鯉魚
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 鯉魚
Guangzhou (Conghua) 鯉魚
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 鯉魚
Foshan 鯉魚
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 鯉魚
Foshan (Shunde) 鯉魚
Foshan (Sanshui) 鯉魚
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 鯉魚
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 鯉魚
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 鯉魚
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 鯉魚
Zhuhai (Doumen) 鯉魚
Jiangmen (Baisha) 鯉魚
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 鯉魚
Taishan 鯉魚
Kaiping (Chikan) 鯉魚
Enping (Niujiang) 鯉魚
Heshan (Yayao) 鯉魚
Dongguan 鯉魚
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 鯉魚
Yangjiang 鯉魚
Gan Nanchang 鯉魚
Pengze 鯉魚
Lichuan 鯉魚
Pingxiang 鯉魚
Hakka Meixian 鯉魚, 鯉仔
Dabu (Xihe) 鯉仔
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 鯉魚
Dongguan (Qingxi) 鯉嫲
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 鯉魚
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 鯉魚
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 鯉魚
Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) 鯉魚
Yudu 鯉魚, 鯉子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 鯉魚, 鯉仔, 鯉嫲
Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) 鯉仔
Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) 鯉魚
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 鯉魚, 鯉仔, 鯉嫲
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 鯉嫲
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 鯉魚, 鯉仔, 鯉嫲
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 鯉魚, 鯉魚, 鯉嫲
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 鯉魚, 鯉仔, 鯉嫲
Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) 鯉魚
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 鯉魚, 鯉
Hong Kong 鯉嫲
Sabah (Longchuan) 鯉魚
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 鯉魚
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 鯉哥
Huizhou Jixi 鯉魚
Shexian 鯉魚
Jin Taiyuan 鯉魚
Yangyuan 鯉魚
Datong 鯉魚
Xinzhou 鯉魚
Lüliang (Lishi) 鯉魚
Changzhi 鯉魚
Linhe 鯉魚
Jining 鯉魚
Hohhot 鯉魚
Erenhot 鯉魚
Pingshan 鯉魚
Zhangjiakou 鯉魚
Handan 鯉魚
Linzhou 鯉魚
Suide 鯉魚
Jiuxing Yumin Lanxi 鯉魚
Northern Min Jian'ou 鯉仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 鯉魚
Fuqing 鯉魚
Southern Min Xiamen 鯉魚, 鮘魚
Xiamen (Tong'an) 鮘魚
Quanzhou 鯉魚
Jinjiang 鮘魚
Yongchun 鮘魚
Zhangzhou 鮘仔魚, 鮘仔, 鯉魚
Zhao'an 鮘仔, 鮘魚
Taipei 鮘魚
Taipei (Wanhua) 鮘仔
New Taipei (Tamsui) 鮘仔, 鮘魚, 鯉魚
New Taipei (Sanxia) 鮘仔
New Taipei (Pingxi) 鮘仔, 鯉魚
Kaohsiung 鮘仔, 鯉魚, 鮘仔魚
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 鮘仔
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 鮘仔
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 鮘仔
Yilan 鮘魚, 鯉魚, 鮘仔魚
Changhua (Lukang) 鮘魚, 鯉魚
Changhua (Yongjing) 鯉魚, 鮘仔
Taichung 烏鮘仔, 鯉魚, 鮘仔魚
Taichung (Wuqi) 鮘仔魚
Tainan 鮘仔魚, 鯉魚, 鮘仔
Tainan (Anping) 鮘仔魚, 鯉魚
Taitung 鮘仔
Hsinchu 鯉魚, 鮘仔, 鮘仔魚
Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) 鮘仔
Kinmen 鯉魚
Penghu (Magong) 鮘魚, 鯉魚
Penghu (Xiyu) 鮘仔
Zhangping (Yongfu) 鯉魚
Datian 𬵃
Chaozhou 鯉魚
Shantou 鯉姑
Shantou (Chenghai) 鯉姑
Nan'ao (Houzhai) 鯉姑
Nan'ao (Yun'ao) 鯉姑
Wenchang 鯉魚
Haikou 鯉魚
Puxian Min Putian 鯉魚
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 鯉魚
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 鯉魚
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 鯉魚
Xianyou 鯉魚
Xianyou (Fengting) 鯉魚
Xianyou (Youyang) 鯉魚
Central Min Yong'an 鯉
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 鯉魚
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 鯉魚
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 鯉魚
Waxiang Yuanling (Shaojiwan) 鯉魚
Wu Shanghai 鯉魚, 元寶魚
Shanghai (Songjiang) 鯉魚, 元寶魚
Shanghai (Jiading) 鯉魚
Shanghai (Chongming) 鯉魚
Suzhou 鯉魚
Danyang 鯉魚
Hangzhou 鯉魚, 鯉拐兒
Ningbo 元寶魚, 鯉魚
Wenzhou 鯉魚
Jinhua 鯉魚
Xiang Changsha 鯉魚, 鯉滑子
Loudi 鯉魚
Shuangfeng 鯉魚
Xiangnan Tuhua Jiangyong 鯉魚
Dong'an 鯉魚
Yuebei Tuhua Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) 鯉魚
Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) 鯉魚
Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) 鯉魚
Renhua (Zhoutian) 鯉嫲 big, 鯉仔 small
Renhua (Shitang) 鯉魚
Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) 鯉魚
Lechang (Changlai) 鯉魚
Lechang (Beixiang) 鯉魚
Lechang (Huangpu) 鯉魚
Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) 鯉魚
Lechang (Sanxi) 鯉魚

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Thai: หลีฮื้อ (via Min Nan)

References

  • Duffus, William (1883) “carp”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 36
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