石斑魚

See also: 石斑鱼

Chinese

		grouper	fish
trad. (石斑魚)		石斑	魚
simp. (石斑鱼)		石斑	鱼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíbānyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄅㄢ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sek⁶ baan¹ jyu^4-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chio̍h-pan-hî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíbānyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄅㄢ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhbanyú
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-pan¹-yü²
    • Yale: shŕ-bān-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrbanyu
    • Palladius: шибаньюй (šibanʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ pän⁵⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sek⁶ baan¹ jyu^4-2
    • Yale: sehk bāan yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹ baan¹ jy^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ség⁶ ban¹ yu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚² paːn⁵⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio̍h-pan-hî
    • Tâi-lô: tsio̍h-pan-hî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioiqpanhii
    • IPA (Philippines): /t͡sio(ʔ)²⁴⁻² pan³³ hi²⁴/

Noun

石斑魚

1. grouper (of the family Epinephelinae)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 石斑魚 (“grouper”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		石斑魚
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	石斑魚
	Singapore	石斑魚
Cantonese	Hong Kong	石斑
	Taishan	石斑
	Dongguan	石斑
	Singapore (Guangfu)	石斑
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	石斑仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	石斑
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	石斑
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	石斑
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	石斑
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	石斑
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	石斑
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	石斑仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	石斑
Huizhou	Jixi	石斑魚
Southern Min	Xiamen	石斑
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	石斑
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	石斑
	Kaohsiung	石斑
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	石斑
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	石斑, 鱖魚
	Yilan (Toucheng)	石斑, 鱖仔
	Tainan	石斑
	Tainan (Anping)	石斑, 鮢鱖仔
	Penghu (Xiyu)	石斑, 鱖仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	鱠鯸
	Singapore (Hokkien)	猴魚, 石斑
	Manila (Hokkien)	石斑魚, 石斑
	Leizhou	赤毛狗魚

Japanese

Etymology 1

石斑魚 (ugui): a Japanese dace.

Kanji in this term
石	斑	魚
うぐい
Grade: 1	Grade: S	Grade: 2
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
ウグイ 鯎

Derivation uncertain, with two theories:

• Possibly originally a compound of 鵜 (u, “cormorant”) +‎ 食い (kui, “eating, gobbling”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 食う (kuu, “to eat, to gobble”)).

/u/ + /kufi/ → /uɡufi/ → /uɡuhi/ → /uɡui/

• Alternatively, may be a shift from 海 (u, “sea, ocean”, hypothetical stem or root of 海 (umi, “sea”)) +‎ 鯉 (koi, “carp”).

/u/ + /kofi/ → */uɡofi/ → /uɡufi/ → /uɡuhi/ → /uɡui/

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うぐい [ùgúí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ɡɯ̟i]

Noun

石斑魚(うぐい) or 石斑魚(ウグイ) • (ugui) ^{←うぐひ (ugufi)?}

1. the Japanese dace, also known as the big-scaled redfin: Tribolodon hakonensis, an edible fish in family Cyprinidae

Usage notes

This three-kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun.

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

Synonyms

• 丸(まる)太(た) (maruta)

Etymology 2

石斑魚 (ishibushi): a freshwater goby.

Kanji in this term
石	斑	魚
いしぶし
Grade: 1	Grade: S	Grade: 2
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
石伏 石伏し

Compound of 石 (ishi, “rock, stone”) +‎ 伏し (fushi, “crouching down, lying down; hiding”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “the continuative or stem form”) of verb 伏す (fusu, “to crouch down, to lie down; to hide”)), from the way the fish seem to crouch down and hide among the stones of the river bed. The fushi changes to bushi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いしぶし [ìshíbúshí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [iɕibɯ̟ɕi]

Noun

石斑魚(いしぶし) • (ishibushi) 

1. alternative for 葦(よし)登(のぼり) (yoshinobori): a kind of freshwater goby, any fish of genus Rhinogobius

Usage notes

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