虱目魚

See also: 蝨目魚 and 虱目鱼

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 虱目魚 – see 蝨目魚 (“milkfish”).
(This term is a variant traditional form of 蝨目魚).

Japanese
Kanji in this term
虱 目 魚
さ
Hyōgaiji		 ば
Grade: 1		 ひい
Grade: 2
irregular

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 蝨目魚／虱目鱼 (sat-ba̍k-hî).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) さばひい [sàbáhíí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠ba̠çiː]

Noun

虱(さ)目(ば)魚(ひい) or 虱目魚(サバヒー) • (sabahī) 

  1. milkfish

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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