柔魚

Chinese

		soft	fish
trad. (柔魚)		柔	魚
simp. (柔鱼)		柔	鱼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): róuyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˊ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ jyu^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róuyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˊ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róuyú
    • Wade–Giles: jou²-yü²
    • Yale: róu-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rouyu
    • Palladius: жоуюй (žoujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯³⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ jyu^4-2
    • Yale: yàuh yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ jy^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ yu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

柔魚

1. squid

   • ［蘇］頌曰︰一種柔魚，與烏賊相似，但無骨爾。越人重之。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     ［苏］颂曰︰一种柔鱼，与乌贼相似，但无骨尔。越人重之。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Compendium of Materia Medica [Bencao Gangmu], by Li Shizhen, 1578 CE

     ［ Sū ］ Sòng yuē ︰ yīzhǒng róuyú, yǔ wūzéi xiàngsì, dàn wú gǔ ěr. Yuèrén zhòng zhī. [Pinyin]

     [Su] Song: Squids are a variation similar to the cuttlefishes, but without a bone. The Yue people value them. (translation by Unschuld, 2021)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 魷魚 (“squid”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		柔魚
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		槍烏賊, 魷魚
Mandarin	Beijing	魷魚
	Taiwan	魷魚
	Tianjin	魷魚
	Tangshan	魷魚
	Cangzhou	魷魚
	Baoding	魷魚
	Shijiazhuang	魷魚
	Chifeng	魷魚
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	魷魚
	Harbin	魷魚
	Shenyang	魷魚
	Yantai (Muping)	魷魚
	Qingdao	巴帶鮹
	Jinan	魷魚
	Zhengzhou	魷魚
	Xi'an	魷魚
	Yinchuan	魷魚
	Lanzhou	魷魚
	Xining	魷魚
	Ürümqi	魷魚
	Wuhan	魷魚
	Chengdu	魷魚
	Chongqing	魷魚
	Guiyang	魷魚
	Kunming	魷魚
	Guilin	魷魚
	Liuzhou	魷魚
	Xuzhou	魷魚
	Yangzhou	魷魚
	Nanjing	魷魚
	Hefei	魷魚
	Nantong	魷魚
	Malaysia	魷魚, 蘇東
	Singapore	魷魚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	魷魚
	Hong Kong	魷魚
	Foshan (Shunde)	魷魚
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	魷魚
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	魷魚
	Taishan	魷魚
	Kaiping (Chikan)	魷魚
	Dongguan	魷魚
	Shaoguan	魷魚
	Yunfu	魷魚
	Xinyi	魷魚
	Lianjiang	魷魚
	Nanning	魷魚
	Wuzhou	魷魚
	Yulin	魷魚
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	魷魚
	Beihai	魷魚
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	魷魚
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	魷魚
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	魷魚
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蘇東, 魷魚
	Singapore (Guangfu)	魷魚, 蘇東
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	魷魚
	Móng Cái	魷魚
Gan	Lichuan	魷魚
	Pingxiang	魷魚
Hakka	Meixian	魷魚
	Yudu	魷魚
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	魷魚, 魷魚仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	魷魚仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	魷魚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	魷魚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	魷魚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	魷魚
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	魷魚
	Sabah (Longchuan)	魷魚
	Senai (Huiyang)	蘇東
	Singkawang	魷魚
Huizhou	Shexian	魷魚
Jin	Taiyuan	魷魚
	Xinzhou	魷魚
	Linhe	魷魚
	Jining	魷魚
	Hohhot	魷魚
	Zhangjiakou	魷魚
	Handan	魷魚
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	魷魚
	Fuqing	魷魚
Southern Min	Xiamen	鰇魚
	Quanzhou	鰇魚
	Jinjiang	鰇魚
	Zhangzhou	鰇魚
	Dongshan	鰇魚
	Taipei	鰇魚
	Kaohsiung	鰇魚
	Yilan	鰇魚
	Changhua (Lukang)	鰇魚
	Taichung	鰇魚
	Taichung (Wuqi)	鰇魚
	Tainan	鰇魚
	Taitung	鰇魚
	Hsinchu	鰇魚
	Penghu (Magong)	鰇魚
	Penang (Hokkien)	鰇魚
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蘇東, 鰇魚
	Manila (Hokkien)	鰇魚
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	魷魚
	Chaozhou	鰇魚
	Shantou	鰇魚
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	鰇魚
	Jieyang	鰇魚
	Haifeng	鰇魚, 鰇
	Bangkok (Teochew)	鰇魚, ปลาหมึก
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	魷魚, 蘇東
	Singapore (Teochew)	蘇東, 鰇魚
	Pontianak (Teochew)	鰇魚, 蘇東
	Haikou	魷魚
	Singapore (Hainanese)	鰇魚
Puxian Min	Putian	魷魚
	Putian (Donghai)	鰇魚
	Putian (Jiangkou)	魷魚
	Putian (Nanri)	魷魚
	Xianyou	魷魚
	Xianyou (Fengting)	魷魚
	Xianyou (Youyang)	魷魚
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	魷魚
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	魷魚
Wu	Shanghai	魷魚
	Suzhou	魷魚
	Danyang	魷魚
	Hangzhou	魷魚
	Ningbo	魷魚
	Wenzhou	魷魚
Xiang	Changsha	魷魚
	Quanzhou	魷魚