# 大魚
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàyú
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daai$^6$ jyu$^{4-2}$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàyú
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàyú
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-yü$^2$
*** Yale: dà-yú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahyu
*** Palladius: даюй (dajuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹ y³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$大庾 大於／大于
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ jyu$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: daaih yú
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ jy$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ yu$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² jyː²¹⁻³⁵/

### Noun

大魚
* Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 大,‎ 魚／鱼 (yú). ("big fish")
* (figurative) a valuable person or thing that is being searched for
* (Cantonese) bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 鱅 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鱅, 鱅魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 胖頭, 胖頭兒魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 胖頭魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 大頭鰱子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 胖頭魚, 大頭魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 胖頭魚, 大頭鰱子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 胖頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 胖頭魚, 胖頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 胖頭魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 胖頭魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 胖頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 胖頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 胖頭魚, 鰱子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 胖頭魚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 胖頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 胖頭魚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 胖頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 胖頭魚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 胖頭魚, 大頭魚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 大頭鰱 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 胖頭魚, 大頭魚, 鰱子魚, 鰱子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 胖頭魚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 胖頭魚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 大頭魚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 花鰱 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 大頭魚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 大頭魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 大頭魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 大頭魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 大頭魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 白鰱 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 胖頭魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 鰱魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 鰱魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 胖頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 大頭鰱子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 鰱子兒魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 鰱魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 大頭魚, 大頭鰱子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 胖頭鰱子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 花鰱, 大頭鰱子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 胖頭魚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 鰱魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 白鰱 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 大頭鰱 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 鰱魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 鰱巴䱶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 胖頭魚, 鰱子魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 胖頭魚, 鰱子魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 大頭鰱子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 胖頭魚, 胖頭, 家魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 大頭鰱子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 大頭白鰱魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 白鰱魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 胖頭魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 胖頭魚, 大頭魚, 大頭鰱子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 大頭魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 鰱魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 鱅魚, 鰱子魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 鰱魚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 花鰱, 皂鰱, 大頭鰱, 大頭鰱子, 大頭魚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 大頭鰱子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 胖頭魚, 大頭鰱子, 大頭鰱 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 大頭鰱子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 草鰱 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 胖頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 胖頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 胖頭鰱子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 胖頭, 花鰱 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 大魚, 大頭魚, 大頭, 鱅魚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 大魚 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 鱅魚 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鱅魚, 大頭鱅 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 胖頭魚 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鱅仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 鱅子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 大頭鰱 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 大頭鰱 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 大頭鰱 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 大頭鰱 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 大頭鰱 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 大頭鰱 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 鱅魚 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 胖頭 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 㞞胖頭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 胖頭魚 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 大頭魚 |
| Jin | Linhe | 大頭鰱, 白鰱 |
| Jin | Jining | 大頭鰱子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 胖頭魚 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 面魚 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 胖頭魚 |
| Jin | Handan | 胖頭魚 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 冇頭魚, 冇頭 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 大頭鰱 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 大頭鰱 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 大頭鰱 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 大頭鰱, 烏魴 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 松魚 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 大頭鱅 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 大頭鱅, 鱅, 鱅魚 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 大頭鱅, 大頭魚 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 鱅魚 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 大頭魚, 蟲魚 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 大腦牯魚 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 花鰱, 胖頭魚 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 黃連頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 花鰱 |
| Wu | Danyang | 大頭魚, 花鰱 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 胖頭魚 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 花鰱 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 大頭魚, 松鰱, 松鰱頭 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 大頭松 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鱅魚 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 鱅魚 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 大頭鰱魚 |

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 大 | 魚 |
| たい Grade: 1 | ぎょ Grade: 2 |
| kan'on ||
From Middle Chinese elements 大 (tai, “big, large”) +‎ 魚 (gyo, “fish”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) たいぎょ [táꜜìgyò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ta̠iɡʲo̞]

#### Noun

大(たい)魚(ぎょ) • (taigyo)
* a big fish

##### Idioms

* 大(たい)魚(ぎょ)を逸(いっ)す (taigyo o issu, “to lose a big fish → to miss one's big chance”)

#### Compounds

* 大(おお)魚(な)船(ぶね) (ōnabune)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 大 | 魚 |
| おお > お Grade: 1 | うお Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi ||
/opo uwo/ → /opuwo/ → /oɸuwo/ → /owuwo/ → /ouo/
Regular descendant of Old Japanese 大魚 (opuwo), compound of 大 (opo) + 魚 (uwo)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [o̞ɯ̟o̞]

#### Noun

大(お)魚(うお) • (ouo)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Old Japanese
### Etymology

/opo uwo/ → /opuwo/
Shift from a compound of 大 (opo-, “great, big”) +‎ 魚 (uwo, “fish”).

### Noun

大魚 (opuwo) (kana おふを)
* a big fish
** 720, Nihon Shoki, Empress Jingū, entry 5: ninth year of the tenth lunar month in winter:時飛廉起風、陽侯擧浪、海中大魚悉浮扶船。(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 733, Izumo-no-kuni Fudoki (Ou)
    詔而、童女离鉏所取而、大魚之支大衝別而、波多須々支穂振別而、三身之綱打挂而...mi$_1$ko$_2$to$_2$no$_2$ri-tamapi$_1$te, woto$_2$me$_1$ no$_2$ munasuki$_1$ to$_2$rasite, opuwo no$_2$ ki$_1$da tuki$_1$wake$_2$te, patasusuki$_1$ po puriwake$_2$te, mi$_1$tumi$_2$ no$_2$ tuna utikake$_2$te...So saying, he [Yatsukamizuomitsuno] took the wide spade shaped like a maiden's chest, thrust it into the land as though he had plunged it into the gill of a large fish, shook it about as if brandishing pampas grass and broke off a piece. Then he tied a three-ply rope around the land...

#### Derived terms

* 大魚よし (opuwo yo$_2$si, pillow word)

#### Descendants

* Japanese: 大魚 (ouo)

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Michiko Yamaguchi Aoki (1997) Records of wind and earth: a translation of Fudoki, with introduction and commentaries (Issue 53 of Monograph and occasional paper series), Association for Asian Studies, →ISBN, page 81