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Chinese
Etymology
From English salmon + 魚 / 鱼 (yú, “fish”), probably via Cantonese or Shanghainese.
Pronunciation
Noun
三文魚
- salmon (Classifier: 條／条 m c)
- 煙熏三文魚／烟熏三文鱼 ― yānxūn sānwényú ― smoked salmon
- 炙烤三文魚／炙烤三文鱼 ― zhìkǎo sānwényú ― grilled salmon
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
鮭魚 (“salmon”)
References
- “Entry #277”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “三文魚”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary], volume 1 (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 563