鯨魚

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See also: 鲸鱼

Chinese

whale fish
trad. (鯨魚) 鯨 魚
simp. (鲸鱼) 鲸 鱼
alternative forms 京魚／京鱼

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 鯨 魚
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 庚 (111) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 渠京切 語居切
Baxter gjaeng ngjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡˠiæŋ/ /ŋɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡᵚiaŋ/ /ŋiɔ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡiaŋ/ /ŋiɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/giajŋ/ /ŋɨə̆/
Li
Rong 		/ɡiɐŋ/ /ŋiɔ/
Wang
Li 		/ɡĭɐŋ/ /ŋĭo/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/gi̯ɐŋ/ /ŋi̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qíng yú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		king4 jyu4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 鯨 魚
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jīng yú
Middle
Chinese 		‹ gjæng › ‹ ngjo ›
Old
Chinese 		/*raŋ/ /*a/
English whale fish (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鯨 魚
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 6832 15939
Phonetic
component 		京 魚
Rime
group 		陽 魚
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		擎 魚
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡraŋ/ /*ŋa/

Noun

鯨魚

  1. (countable) whale (Classifier: 條／条 m c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鯨魚 (“whale”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 鯨
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 鯨
Taxonomic name 鯨
Mandarin Beijing 鯨魚
Taiwan 鯨魚
Jinan 鯨魚
Guilin 鯨魚
Yangzhou 鯨魚
Singapore 鯨魚
Cantonese Guangzhou 鯨魚
Hong Kong 鯨魚
Taishan 鯨魚
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 鯨魚, 海鰍
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 鯨魚, 海鰍
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 海鰍, 鯨魚
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 海盎, 鯨魚
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 鯨魚, 海鰍
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 鯨魚, 海鰍
Southern Min Xiamen 海翁
Taipei 海翁
New Taipei (Sanxia) 海翁
Kaohsiung 海翁, 鯨魚
Yilan 海翁, 鯨魚
Changhua (Lukang) 海翁
Taichung 海翁
Tainan 海翁
Hsinchu 海翁
Kinmen 海翁
Penghu (Magong) 海翁
Penang (Hokkien) 鯨魚
Singapore (Hokkien) 海翁, 鯨魚
Leizhou 海公魚
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 鯨魚
Wu Shanghai 鯨魚
Wenzhou 鯨魚
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