# 三文魚
## Chinese
### Etymology

From English salmon +‎ 魚 / 鱼 (yú, “fish”), probably via Cantonese or Shanghainese.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sānwényú
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄨㄣˊ ㄩˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saam$^1$ man$^4$ jyu$^{4-2}$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sam-bûn-hî / sam-bûn-hû / sa-man-hû / sam-goân-hî
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$se-ven$_6$-ng$_6$; $^1$se-men$_6$-ng$_6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sānwényú
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄨㄣˊ ㄩˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sanwúnyú
*** Wade–Giles: san$^1$-wên$^2$-yü$^2$
*** Yale: sān-wén-yú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanwenyu
*** Palladius: саньвэньюй (sanʹvɛnʹjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /sän⁵⁵ wən³⁵ y³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saam$^1$ man$^4$ jyu$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: sāam màhn yú
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saam$^1$ man$^4$ jy$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sam$^1$ men$^4$ yu$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːm⁵⁵ mɐn²¹ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-bûn-hî
*** Tâi-lô: sam-bûn-hî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sambunhii
*** IPA (Philippines): /sam³³ bun²⁴⁻²² hi²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³⁻³³ hi²³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-bûn-hû
*** Tâi-lô: sam-bûn-hû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sambunhuu
*** IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴⁻¹¹ hu²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa-man-hû
*** Tâi-lô: sa-man-hû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: samanhuu
*** IPA (Penang): /sa³³⁻²¹ man³³⁻²¹ hu²³/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-goân-hî
*** Tâi-lô: sam-guân-hî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: samgoanhii
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡuan²³⁻³³ hi²³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$se-ven$_6$-ng$_6$; $^1$se-men$_6$-ng$_6$
*** MiniDict: se$^平$ ven$^去$ ng$^去$; se$^平$ men$^去$ ng$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$se-ven$_3$-ngg$_3$; $^1$se-men$_3$-ngg$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /se⁵⁵ vən³³ ŋ̍²¹/, /se⁵⁵ mən³³ ŋ̍²¹/

### Noun

三文魚
* salmon (Classifier: 條／条 m c)
    煙熏三文魚／烟熏三文鱼 ― yānxūn sānwényú ― smoked salmon
    炙烤三文魚／炙烤三文鱼 ― zhìkǎo sānwényú ― grilled salmon

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鮭, 鮭魚 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 鮭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 鮭魚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 三文魚 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 三文魚 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 紅鰱魚 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 紅鰱魚 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 鮭魚 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 紅鰱魚 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 鮭魚 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 鮭魚 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 紅鰱魚, 三文魚 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 紅鰱魚 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 紅鰱魚 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 鮭魚 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 紅鰱魚 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 三文魚 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 三文魚 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 三文魚 |

### References

* “三文魚”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “三文魚”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎, volume 1 (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 563