捕魚

See also: 捕鱼

Chinese

		to catch; to seize; to capture	fish
trad. (捕魚)		捕	魚
simp. (捕鱼)		捕	鱼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǔyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˇ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǔyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǔyú
    • Wade–Giles: pu³-yü²
    • Yale: bǔ-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buuyu
    • Palladius: буюй (bujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou⁶ jyu⁴
    • Yale: bouh yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² jyː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: buH ngjo

Rime
Character	捕	魚
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	薄故切	語居切
Baxter	buH	ngjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buoH/	/ŋɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/buoH/	/ŋiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/boH/	/ŋiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɔH/	/ŋɨə̆/
Li Rong	/boH/	/ŋiɔ/
Wang Li	/buH/	/ŋĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuoH/	/ŋi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bù	yú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou6	jyu4

Verb

捕魚

1. to catch fish; to fish

   出海捕魚／出海捕鱼  ―  chūhǎi bǔyú  ―  to go fishing at sea

   • 晉太元中，武陵人捕魚爲業。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     晋太元中，武陵人捕鱼为业。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 421, Tao Yuanming, The Peach Blossom Spring

     Jìn Tàiyuán zhōng, Wǔlíng rén bǔyú wèi yè. [Pinyin]

     In the Jin Dynasty, during the Taiyuan era (376 - 397), there lived in Wuling Commandery a fisherman.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 捕魚 (“to fish; to catch fish”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		漁
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		捕魚
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	捕魚, 打魚
	Singapore	打魚, 捕魚
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	打魚
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	打魚
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	打魚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	打魚
	Hong Kong	捉魚, 打魚
	Taishan	打魚
Gan	Nanchang	打魚
	Pingxiang	打魚仔
Hakka	Meixian	捉魚仔, 打魚仔
	Yudu	打魚子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	打魚仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	打魚仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	打魚仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	打魚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	打魚仔, 打魚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	捉魚
Northern Min	Jian'ou	拿魚
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	討魚, 討海
Southern Min	Xiamen	討海, 討魚, 討掠, 掠魚
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	討海, 掠魚
	Quanzhou	討海, 掠魚
	Zhangzhou	討海, 掠魚
	Singapore (Hokkien)	掠魚
	Manila (Hokkien)	掠魚
	Shantou	掠魚
Xiang	Loudi	打魚