衣魚

See also: 衣鱼

Chinese

		gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear	fish
trad. (衣魚)		衣	魚
simp. (衣鱼)		衣	鱼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīyú

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ jyu^4-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yiyú
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-yü²
  - Yale: yī-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iyu
  - Palladius: июй (ijuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji¹ jyu^4-2
  - Yale: yī yú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ jy^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ yu^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

衣魚

silverfish

Synonyms

蛀 (zhù) (literary, or in compounds)
蠹 (dù) (literary, or in compounds)
壁魚／壁鱼 (bìyú)
書蛀蟲／书蛀虫 (shūzhùchóng)
書蟲／书虫 (shūchóng)

白魚／白鱼 (báiyú)
紙魚／纸鱼 (zhǐyú)
蛀書蟲／蛀书虫
蠹魚／蠹鱼 (dùyú)
衣蟲／衣虫 (yīchóng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
衣	魚
Grade: 4	み Grade: 2
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
紙魚蠧魚

Etymology

From Old Japanese (see 蟫). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 衣魚／衣鱼 (yīyú).

Noun

衣魚(しみ) • (shimi)

Any insect of the family Lepismatidae, a silverfish or bristletail.

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