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虱目魚

虱目魚

See also: 蝨目魚 and 虱目鱼

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 蝨目魚.
(This term, 虱目魚, is a variant form of 蝨目魚.)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji

Grade: 1
ひい
Grade: 2
Irregular

Etymology

From Hokkien 蝨目魚 (sat-ba̍k-hî).

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) ばひい [sàbáhíí] (Heiban - [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠ba̠çiː]

Noun

虱目魚 (hiragana さばひい, katakana サバヒー, romaji sabahī)

  1. milkfish

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9