白魚

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	fish
trad. (白魚)		白	魚
simp. (白鱼)		白	鱼
anagram		魚白／鱼白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báiyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄩˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-hîr / pe̍h-hî / pe̍eh-hî
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸baq-ng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báiyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báiyú
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-yü²
    • Yale: bái-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairyu
    • Palladius: байюй (bajjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ y³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Tong'an)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-hîr
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-hîr
    • IPA (Tong'an): /pe(ʔ)⁵³⁻¹ hɯ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-hî
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-hî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqhii
    • IPA (Jinjiang): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hi²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hi²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-hî
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-hî
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ hi¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸baq-ng
    • MiniDict: bah^入 ng
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵baq-ngg
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ¹¹ ŋ̍²³/

Noun

白魚

1. silverfish
2. a kind of ray-finned fish
3. (traditional Chinese medicine) a kind of medicinal herb
4. (Hokkien) ribbonfish; cutlassfish; hairtail; beltfish (family Trichiuridae)

Synonyms

• (silverfish):

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• 壁魚／壁鱼 (bìyú)
• 布魚／布鱼 (Putian Puxian Min)
• 書蛀蟲／书蛀虫 (shūzhùchóng)
• 書蟲／书虫 (shūchóng)
• 紙魚／纸鱼 (zhǐyú)
• 蛀 (zhù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 蛀書蟲／蛀书虫
• 蠹 (dù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 蠹魚／蠹鱼 (dùyú)
• 衣蟲／衣虫 (yīchóng)
• 衣魚／衣鱼 (yīyú)

 

• (ribbonfish):

Dialectal synonyms of 帶魚 (“cutlassfish”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		帶魚
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	帶魚
	Taiwan	白帶魚
	Chengde	帶魚
	Chifeng	帶魚
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	帶魚, 刀魚
	Heihe	帶魚, 刀魚
	Qiqihar	帶魚
	Harbin	刀魚
	Jiamusi	帶魚, 刀魚
	Baicheng	帶魚
	Changchun	帶魚
	Tonghua	帶魚
	Shenyang	帶魚
	Jinzhou	帶魚
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	帶魚
	Tangshan	帶魚
	Cangzhou	帶魚
	Baoding	帶魚
	Shijiazhuang	帶魚
	Lijin	帶魚
	Jinan	刀魚, 帶魚
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	鱗刀魚
	Dandong	刀魚
	Yantai	刀魚
	Yantai (Muping)	鱗刀魚, 刀魚
	Qingdao	帶魚, 鱗刀魚, 刀魚
	Zhucheng	鱗刀魚, 刀魚
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	帶魚
	Lingbao	帶魚
	Jining	帶魚
	Linfen	帶魚
	Shangqiu	帶魚
	Yuanyang	帶魚
	Zhengzhou	帶魚
	Xinyang	帶魚
	Baihe	帶魚
	Xi'an	帶魚
	Baoji	帶魚
	Tianshui	帶魚
	Xining	帶魚
	Xuzhou	帶魚
	Fuyang	帶魚
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	帶魚
	Lanzhou	帶魚
	Dunhuang	帶魚
	Hami	帶魚
	Ürümqi	帶魚
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	帶魚
	Nanchong	帶魚
	Dazhou	帶魚
	Hanyuan	帶魚
	Xichang	帶魚
	Zigong	帶魚
	Chongqing	帶魚
	Wuhan	帶魚
	Yichang	帶魚
	Xiangyang	帶魚
	Tianmen	帶魚
	Guiyang	帶魚
	Zunyi	帶魚
	Bijie	帶魚
	Liping	帶魚
	Zhaotong	帶魚
	Dali	帶魚
	Kunming	帶魚
	Mengzi	帶魚
	Guilin	帶魚
	Guilin (Lingui)	帶魚
	Liuzhou	帶魚
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	帶魚
	Nanning (Wuming)	帶魚
	Jishou	帶魚
	Changde	帶魚
	Hanzhong	帶魚
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	帶魚
	Yangzhou	帶魚
	Lianyungang	帶魚, 鱗刀魚
	Lianshui	帶魚
	Nantong	帶魚
	Anqing	帶魚
	Wuhu	帶魚
	Hefei	帶魚
	Hong'an	帶魚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	牙帶魚, 牙帶
	Hong Kong	牙帶魚, 牙帶
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	牙帶
	Macau	牙帶
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	腰帶魚
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	帶魚
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	帶魚
	Foshan	帶魚
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	腰帶魚
	Foshan (Shunde)	腰帶
	Foshan (Sanshui)	帶魚
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	帶魚
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	牙帶
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	牙帶
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	帶魚
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	帶魚
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	腰帶
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	帶魚
	Taishan	腰帶
	Kaiping (Chikan)	腰帶
	Enping (Niujiang)	白帶
	Heshan (Yayao)	帶魚
	Dongguan	牙帶
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	牙帶
	Qingyuan	帶魚
	Fogang	帶魚
	Yingde (Hanguang)	帶魚
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	帶魚
	Shaoguan	帶魚
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	帶魚
	Renhua	帶魚
	Lechang	帶魚
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	帶魚
	Sihui	帶魚
	Guangning	帶魚
	Deqing	帶魚
	Huaiji	帶魚
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	帶魚
	Yunfu	車帶魚
	Xinxing	車帶
	Luoding	帶魚
	Yunan (Pingtai)	帶魚
	Lianjiang	帶魚
	Nanning	帶魚
	Wuzhou	帶魚
	Yulin	帶魚
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	帶魚
	Guiping	帶魚
	Mengshan (Xihe)	帶魚
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	帶魚
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	帶魚
	Baise	帶魚
	Bobai	帶魚
	Lingshan	帶魚
	Pubei	帶魚
	Qinzhou	帶魚
	Beihai	帶魚
	Ningming	帶魚
	Hengzhou	帶魚
	Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	帶魚
Gan	Pengze	帶魚
	Lichuan	帶魚
	Pingxiang	帶魚
Hakka	Meixian	帶魚仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	錫帶
	Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)	錫帶
	Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)	錫帶
	Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)	錫帶魚
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	錫帶
	Boluo (Bendihua)	錫帶
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	錫帶, 牙帶
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	帶魚
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	錫帶魚
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	牙帶魚
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	帶魚
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	帶魚
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	帶魚
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	背帶魚, 白帶魚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	背帶魚, 白帶魚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	背帶魚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	背帶魚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	背帶魚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	白帶魚
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	帶魚
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	帶魚
	Mashan (Pianlian)	帶魚
	Singkawang	帶魚
Huizhou	Jixi	帶魚
	Shexian	帶魚
Jin	Taiyuan	帶魚
	Yangyuan	帶魚
	Datong	帶魚
	Xinzhou	帶魚
	Lüliang (Lishi)	帶魚
	Changzhi	帶魚
	Linhe	帶魚
	Jining	帶魚
	Hohhot	帶魚
	Erenhot	帶魚
	Pingshan	帶魚
	Zhangjiakou	帶魚
	Handan	帶魚
	Linzhou	帶魚
	Suide	帶魚
Northern Min	Jian'ou	帶魚
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	帶魚
	Fuqing	帶魚
Southern Min	Xiamen	白魚, 網白 caught by net, 釣白 caught by hook
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	白魚
	Quanzhou	白魚, 惡魚, 網白 caught by net, 釣白 caught by hook
	Jinjiang	白魚
	Zhangzhou	白魚, 釣白 caught by hook
	Zhao'an	白帶
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	白帶魚
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	白帶魚
	Kaohsiung	白帶
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	白魚
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	白帶魚
	Yilan (Toucheng)	白魚
	Tainan	白帶, 釣白
	Tainan (Anping)	白帶
	Penghu (Xiyu)	白帶
	Singapore (Hokkien)	白帶
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	跤白魚, 白帶魚
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	帶魚
	Chaozhou	帶綹魚
	Jieyang	帶綹魚
	Haifeng	帶魚
Central Min	Yong'an	帶魚
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	牙帶
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	牙帶
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	帶魚
	Nanning (Shajing)	帶魚
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	帶魚
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	帶魚
	Guilin (Chaoyang)	帶魚
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	帶魚
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	帶魚
Wu	Shanghai	帶魚
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	腳帶魚, 帶魚
	Shanghai (Jiading)	帶魚
	Shanghai (Chongming)	帶魚
	Suzhou	帶魚, 裙帶魚
	Danyang	帶魚
	Hangzhou	帶魚
	Ningbo	帶魚
	Wenzhou	帶魚
	Jinhua	帶魚
Xiang	Changsha	帶魚
	Quanzhou	帶魚
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	帶魚

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	魚
しら Grade: 1	うお Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Noun

白(しら)魚(うお) or 白魚(シラウオ) • (shirauo) 

1. Salangichthys microdon, a species of noodlefish
2. icefish, noodlefish, fish in the family Salangidae
3. (figurative) a woman's white and narrow fingers
4. Synonym of 素魚 (shiro-uo, “ice goby, Leucopsarion petersii”)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	魚
はく Grade: 1	ぎょ Grade: 2
kan'on

Noun

白(はく)魚(ぎょ) • (hakugyo) 

1. a white fish
2. Synonym of 紙魚 (shimi, “silverfish”)
3. Synonym of 似鯉 (nigoi, “Japanese barbel, Hemibarbus barbus”)