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There are 17 total results for your 金魚 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

金魚


金鱼

see styles
jīn yú
    jin1 yu2
chin yü
 kingyo(p); kingyo
    きんぎょ(P); キンギョ

More info & calligraphy:

Goldfish
goldfish
goldfish (Carassius auratus); (surname, female given name) Kingyo

金魚佬


金鱼佬

see styles
jīn yú lǎo
    jin1 yu2 lao3
chin yü lao
pedophile (slang, referring to the case of a Hong Kong child abductor who lured girls with the prospect of seeing "goldfish" in his apartment)

金魚屋

see styles
 kingyoya
    きんぎょや
goldfish seller (vendor)

金魚草


金鱼草

see styles
jīn yú cǎo
    jin1 yu2 cao3
chin yü ts`ao
    chin yü tsao
 kingyosou / kingyoso
    きんぎょそう
snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)
snapdragon

金魚藻


金鱼藻

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jīn yú zǎo
    jin1 yu2 zao3
chin yü tsao
 kingyomo
    きんぎょも
hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum)
(1) (colloquialism) (See 穂咲の総藻) Eurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum); (2) aquatic plants such as hornwort that are commonly used in goldfish tanks, etc.

金魚蝨

see styles
 chou / cho
    ちょう
(kana only) Japanese fish louse (Argulus japonicus)

金魚鉢

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 kingyobachi
    きんぎょばち
goldfish bowl

金魚の糞

see styles
 kingyonofun; kingyonounko / kingyonofun; kingyononko
    きんぎょのふん; きんぎょのうんこ
(exp,n) (idiom) person who tags along; hanger-on; person who follows someone around like a shadow; clingy person; goldfish feces

金魚売り

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 kingyouri / kingyori
    きんぎょうり
goldfish peddling; goldfish peddler

金魚掬い

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 kingyosukui
    きんぎょすくい
festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle

台湾金魚

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 taiwankingyo; taiwankingyo
    たいわんきんぎょ; タイワンキンギョ
(kana only) paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis)

Variations:
金魚すくい
金魚掬い

see styles
 kingyosukui
    きんぎょすくい
goldfish scooping; festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle

Variations:
金魚のフン
金魚の糞

see styles
 kingyonofun(金魚nofun); kingyonofun(金魚no糞)
    きんぎょのフン(金魚のフン); きんぎょのふん(金魚の糞)
(exp,n) (idiom) person who just tags along; hanger-on; person who follows someone around like a shadow; clingy person; mindless follower; goldfish feces

Variations:
金魚のうんこ
金魚のウンコ

see styles
 kingyonounko(金魚nounko); kingyonounko(金魚nounko) / kingyononko(金魚nonko); kingyononko(金魚nonko)
    きんぎょのうんこ(金魚のうんこ); きんぎょのウンコ(金魚のウンコ)
(exp,n) (idiom) (See 金魚のフン) person who just tags along; hanger-on; person who follows someone around like a shadow; clingy person; goldfish poop

Variations:
金魚すくい
金魚掬い(rK)

see styles
 kingyosukui
    きんぎょすくい
goldfish scooping; festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle

Variations:
魚虱
魚蝨
魚ジラミ
金魚蝨

see styles
 uojirami(魚虱, 魚蝨, 魚jirami); chou(魚虱, 魚蝨, 金魚蝨)(gikun); uojirami / uojirami(魚虱, 魚蝨, 魚jirami); cho(魚虱, 魚蝨, 金魚蝨)(gikun); uojirami
    うおじらみ(魚虱, 魚蝨, 魚ジラミ); ちょう(魚虱, 魚蝨, 金魚蝨)(gikun); ウオジラミ
(kana only) Japanese fish louse (Argulus japonicus)

Variations:
魚虱
魚蝨
金魚蝨
魚ジラミ(sK)

see styles
 uojirami; uojirami(魚虱, 魚蝨); chou(gikun) / uojirami; uojirami(魚虱, 魚蝨); cho(gikun)
    ウオジラミ; うおじらみ(魚虱, 魚蝨); ちょう(gikun)
(kana only) Japanese fish louse (Argulus japonicus)

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 17 results for "金魚" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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