吞拿魚
Chinese
| tuna | fish | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (吞拿魚) | 吞拿 | 魚 | |
| simp. (吞拿鱼) | 吞拿 | 鱼 | |
Etymology
From English tuna + 魚 / 鱼 (yú, “fish”), probably via Cantonese.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tūnnáyú
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄣ ㄋㄚˊ ㄩˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tunnáyú
- Wade–Giles: tʻun1-na2-yü2
- Yale: twūn-ná-yú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuennayu
- Palladius: туньнаюй (tunʹnajuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰu̯ən⁵⁵ nä³⁵ y³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tan1 naa4 jyu4-2
- Yale: tān nàh yú
- Cantonese Pinyin: tan1 naa4 jy4-2
- Guangdong Romanization: ten1 na4 yu4-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɐn⁵⁵ naː²¹ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
吞拿魚
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 鮪魚 (“tuna”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鮪, 鮪魚, 金槍魚 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 鮪魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 吞那魚, 青干 |
| Hong Kong | 吞拿魚 | |
| Macau | 吞拿魚, 亞冬魚 | |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 串仔 |
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 串仔 | |
| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 刀鯧 | |
| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 串仔 | |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 串仔魚 |
| New Taipei (Tamsui) | 串仔 | |
| Kaohsiung | 串仔 | |
| Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 串仔 | |
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 串仔 | |
| Yilan | 串仔魚 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 串仔 | |
| Taichung | 串仔 | |
| Taichung (Wuqi) | 串仔魚 | |
| Tainan | 串仔魚, 串仔 | |
| Tainan (Anping) | 串仔 | |
| Taitung | 串仔 | |
| Hsinchu | 串仔魚 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 串仔 | |
| Penghu (Xiyu) | 串仔 | |