# 石斑魚
## Chinese

* 石斑魚

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shíbānyú
    (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄅㄢ ㄩˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sek$^6$ baan$^1$ jyu$^{4-2}$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chio̍h-pan-hî
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shíbānyú
*** Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄅㄢ ㄩˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shíhbanyú
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^2$-pan$^1$-yü$^2$
*** Yale: shŕ-bān-yú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrbanyu
*** Palladius: шибаньюй (šibanʹjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩³⁵ pän⁵⁵ y³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sek$^6$ baan$^1$ jyu$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: sehk bāan yú
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sek$^9$ baan$^1$ jy$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ség$^6$ ban$^1$ yu$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɛːk̚² paːn⁵⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio̍h-pan-hî
*** Tâi-lô: tsio̍h-pan-hî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cioiqpanhii
*** IPA (Philippines): /t͡sio(ʔ)²⁴⁻² pan³³ hi²⁴/

### Noun

石斑魚
* grouper (of the family Epinephelinae)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 石斑魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 石斑魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 石斑魚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 石斑 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 石斑 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 石斑 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 石斑 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 石斑仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 石斑 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 石斑 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 石斑 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 石斑 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 石斑 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 石斑 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 石斑仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 石斑 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 石斑魚 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 石斑 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 石斑 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 石斑 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 石斑 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 石斑 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 石斑, 鱖魚 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 石斑, 鱖仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 石斑 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 石斑, 鮢鱖仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 石斑, 鱖仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鱠鯸 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 猴魚, 石斑 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 石斑魚, 石斑 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 赤毛狗魚 |

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 石 | 斑 | 魚 |
| うぐい |||
| Grade: 1 | Grade: S | Grade: 2 |
| jukujikun |||
* Alternative spellings
* ウグイ 鯎
Derivation uncertain, with two theories:
* Possibly originally a compound of 鵜 (u, “cormorant”) +‎ 食い (kui, “eating, gobbling”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 食う (kuu, “to eat, to gobble”)).
       /u/ + /kufi/ → /uɡufi/ → /uɡuhi/ → /uɡui/
* Alternatively, may be a shift from 海 (u, “sea, ocean”, hypothetical stem or root of 海 (umi, “sea”)) +‎ 鯉 (koi, “carp”).
       /u/ + /kofi/ → */uɡofi/ → /uɡufi/ → /uɡuhi/ → /uɡui/

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) うぐい [ùgúí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɯ̟ɡɯ̟i]

#### Noun

石斑魚(うぐい) or 石斑魚(ウグイ) • (ugui)
* the Japanese dace, also known as the big-scaled redfin: Tribolodon hakonensis, an edible fish in family Cyprinidae

##### Usage notes

This three-kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun.
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ウグイ.

##### Synonyms

* 丸(まる)太(た) (maruta)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 石 | 斑 | 魚 |
| いしぶし |||
| Grade: 1 | Grade: S | Grade: 2 |
| jukujikun |||
* Alternative spellings
* 石伏 石伏し
Compound of 石 (ishi, “rock, stone”) +‎ 伏し (fushi, “crouching down, lying down; hiding”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “the continuative or stem form”) of verb 伏す (fusu, “to crouch down, to lie down; to hide”)), from the way the fish seem to crouch down and hide among the stones of the river bed. The fushi changes to bushi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) いしぶし [ìshíbúshí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [iɕibɯ̟ɕi]

#### Noun

石斑魚(いしぶし) • (ishibushi)
* alternative for 葦(よし)登(のぼり) (yoshinobori): a kind of freshwater goby, any fish of genus Rhinogobius

##### Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as イシブシ.

### References

* 1 2 Entry at Nihon Jiten ("Japan Dictionary", in Japanese)
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN