FISH  魚魚

COLD-BLOODES AQUATIC ANIMAL which HAS a SPINE.
Hypernym
Hyponym
  • FISHES　CATEGORIES of FISH.
    • EEL　LONG SLIPPERY FISH
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The common general term for a fish is yú 魚.

2. Lín 鱗 can be also used as a general term for a fish, because the body of a fish is covered with scales (lín 鱗 ).

3. Xiān 鮮 is a fairly rare general term for a fish.

4. Jīng 鯨 (traditional reading qíng) refers to a whale. See FISHES

5. Shā 鯊 refers to a shark.

6. Guān 鰥 is the kind of a very large fish living in rivers and lakes. It has a long and narrow mouth and moves alone.

黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006

ANIMALS 24.

魚，魚類總稱。

其別稱，較早者 “ 水蟲 ” 。

常見者 “ 鮮 ” 。

從魚的外部特徵則可通稱為 “ 鱗 ” 。

ANIMALS 25. 鱘，古代主要指白鱘科的白鱘，世界上最大的淡水魚。鱘魚又稱淫魚。

鱣，鱘科大魚的古名。鰉（ ?? 、黃魚），中古起鱣的別名，亦稱鱘鰉。

鮪，廣義泛指白鱘和大小鱘魚，狹義指達氏鱘。鮥指小鮪。

Modern Chinese Criteria
魚

魚苗

魚秧

魚花

淡水魚

河魚

鹹水魚

海魚

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 3.65

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 210

    Fisch etc:

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 740

    Fisch/Fische

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.1863

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

  • Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology ( BARNARD AND SPENCER 2002) p.

Words

魚  yú OC: ŋɡla MC: ŋi̯ɤ 16 AttributionsWD

The common general term for a fish is yú 魚.

    Word relations
  • Assoc: 鱉/TURTLE Biē 鱉 refers to the ordinary soft-shelled turtle with a legendary biting power, a culinary delicacy.
  • Oppos: 獸/BEAST Shòu 獸 tends to refer to dangerous mammals above a certain size that are typically imagined as running (zǒu shòu 走獸), and sometimes as liable to bite.

    Syntactic words
  • nfish
  • nadNfish-like
  • ndefinitea certain fishCH
  • nmadNfish-laden, laden with fish, full-of-fish-CH
  • n{pred}be a fishCH
鱗  lín OC: rin MC: lin 3 AttributionsWD

Lín 鱗 can be also used as a general term for a fish, because the body of a fish is covered with scales (lín 鱗).

    Syntactic words
  • nabnonreferentialscaly creatures
  • nadVlike fish/scaly animals in water SHIJI: 鱗集
鮑  bào OC: bruuʔ MC: bɣɛu 1 AttributionWD
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  • ndried fish (notorious for its stench)
為魚  wéi yú MC: hjweH ngjo OC: ɢʷal ŋɡlaCH 1 AttributionWD
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  • NPabfeaturecharacteristic fish-nature (compare 為人 "personality"，為言 "etymological meaning"　etc）CH
鱗物  lín wù MC: lin mjut OC: rin mɯdCH 1 AttributionWD
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  • NPscaly creature: (primarily) fishCH
吞舟之魚  tūn zhōu zhī yú MC: thon tsyuw tsyi ngjo OC: lʰɯɯn kljiw kljɯ ŋɡlaCH 1 AttributionWD
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  • NPnonreferentialhuge fishCH
魧  gāng OC: kaaŋ MC: kɑŋ 0 AttributionsWD
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  • nERYA: kind of fish
鮓  zhǎ OC: tsraaʔ MC: ʈʂɣɛ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nmsalted fish
鮭  xié OC: ɡree MC: ɦɣɛ 0 AttributionsWD
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  • nmfish delicacies
鮞  ér OC: njɯ MC: ȵɨ 0 AttributionsWD

Ér 鮞 refers to fry.

    Syntactic words
  • nfish roe
鮨  qí OC: ɡri MC: gi 0 AttributionsWD
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  • npickled fish
鮮  xiān OC: sen MC: siɛn 0 AttributionsWD

Xiān 鮮 is another general term for a fish.

    Word relations
  • Epithet: 小/SMALL The dominant quite general word is xiǎo 小 (ant. dà 大 "big"), and this word refers to both physical size and abstract importance.

    Syntactic words
鯊  shā OC: sraal MC: ʂɣɛ 0 AttributionsWD

Shā 鯊 refers to a shark.

    Syntactic words
鯤  kūn OC: kuun MC: kuo̝n 0 AttributionsWD

The word is also used as a general term for a fry.

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鯨  jīng OC: ɡraŋ MC: gɣaŋ 0 AttributionsWD

Jīng 鯨 (originally read as qíng) refers to a whale.

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鯗  xiǎng OC: slaŋʔ MC: si̯ɐŋ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nmP: dried salted fish
鰥  guān OC: kruun MC: kɣɛn 0 AttributionsWD

Guān 鰥 is the kind of a very large fish living in rivers and lakes. It has a long and narrow mouth and moves alone.

    Syntactic words
  • nSHI: large fish

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