人魚

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See also: 人鱼

Chinese

man; person; people fish
trad. (人魚) 人 魚
simp. (人鱼) 人 鱼

Pronunciation

Noun

人魚

  1. mermaid; merperson; merfolk
  2. dugong
  3. (literary) giant salamander

Synonyms

  • (giant salamander):
Dialectal synonyms of 娃娃魚 (“giant salamander”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 鯢, 鯢魚, 人魚
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 大鯢
Taxonomic name 大鯢
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 娃娃魚
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 娃娃魚
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 娃娃魚
Southwestern Mandarin Guiyang 娃娃魚
Liuzhou 娃娃魚
Cantonese Hong Kong 娃娃魚
Huizhou Jixi 娃娃魚, 海狗魚
Jin Xinzhou 娃娃魚兒

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (人魚):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人 魚
にん
Grade: 1 		ぎょ
Grade: 2
goon kan'on
 人魚 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

人 (nin, “human”) +‎ 魚 (gyo, “fish”)

Pronunciation

Noun

人(にん)魚(ぎょ) • (ningyo) 

  1. a merperson
    人(にん)魚(ぎょ)姫(ひめ)
    Ningyo-hime
    The Little Mermaid
    伝(でん)説(せつ)では、彼(かの)女(じょ)は人(にん)魚(ぎょ)だったと言(い)われる。
    Densetsu de wa, kanojo wa ningyo datta to iwareru.
    The legend says that she was a mermaid.
    • 1999 March 27, “恍(こう)惚(こつ)の人魚(マーメイド) [Enchanting Mermaid]”, in Vol.2, Konami:
      海(うみ)を航(こう)海(かい)する者(もの)を誘(ゆう)惑(わく)しておぼれさせる、美(うつく)しい人(にん)魚(ぎょ)。
      Umi o kōkai suru mono o yūwaku shite oboresaseru, utsukushii ningyo.
      A beautiful mermaid who lures seafarers before drowning them.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
人魚

Noun

人魚 • (ineo) (hangeul 인어)

  1. hanja form? of 인어 (“merperson”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
人魚

Noun

人魚

  1. chữ Hán form of nhân ngư (“merperson”).
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