魚狗

See also: 鱼狗

Chinese

		fish	dog
trad. (魚狗)		魚	狗
simp. (鱼狗)		鱼	狗

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yúgǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄍㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ gau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yúgǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄍㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yugoou
  - IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ gau²
  - Yale: yùh gáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ gau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ geo²
  - IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ kɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

魚狗

kingfisher (Classifier: 隻／只 m)

Synonyms

翠鳥／翠鸟 (cuìniǎo)
翡 (fěi) (literary)
翡翠 (fěicuì)

釣魚翁／钓鱼翁 (Min Nan)
釣魚郎／钓鱼郎 (diàoyúláng)
魚虎／鱼虎 (yúhǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
魚	狗
Grade: 2	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Etymology

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 魚狗 (literally “fish dog”)

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) かわせみ [kàwásémí] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠se̞mʲi]

Noun

魚狗 (hiragana かわせみ, katakana カワセミ, rōmaji kawasemi, historical hiragana かはせみ, historical katakana カハセミ)

Alternative spelling of 川蝉 (“common kingfisher”)

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