# 吳郭魚
## Chinese

* 吳郭魚

### Etymology

From surnames of 吳振輝 (Wu Chen-hui) and 郭啟彰 (Kuo Chi-chang), the two people who introduced the fish to Taiwan.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wúguōyú
    (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄛ ㄩˊ
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ngô͘-koeh-hî / ngô͘-koeh-hû / gô͘-koeh-hî / gô͘-koeh-hû / ngô͘-kok-hî / ngô͘-kok-hû
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wúguōyú
*** Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄛ ㄩˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wúguoyú
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^2$-kuo$^1$-yü$^2$
*** Yale: wú-gwō-yú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuguoyu
*** Palladius: угоюй (ugojuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /u³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵⁵ y³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘-koeh-hî
*** Tâi-lô: ngôo-kueh-hî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ngo'koehhii
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃²³⁻³³ kue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ hi²³/
** (Hokkien: Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘-koeh-hû
*** Tâi-lô: ngôo-kueh-hû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ngo'koehhuu
*** IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ kue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hu²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô͘-koeh-hî
*** Tâi-lô: gôo-kueh-hî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: go'koehhii
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔ²³⁻³³ kue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ hi²³/
** (Hokkien: Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô͘-koeh-hû
*** Tâi-lô: gôo-kueh-hû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: go'koehhuu
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ kue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hu²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘-kok-hî
*** Tâi-lô: ngôo-kok-hî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ngo'kokhii
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃²³⁻³³ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hi²³/
** (Hokkien: Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘-kok-hû
*** Tâi-lô: ngôo-kok-hû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ngo'kokhuu
*** IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hu²⁴/

### Noun

吳郭魚
* (Taiwan) tilapia

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 羅非魚, 非洲鯽魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 吳郭魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 非洲魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 羅非魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 非洲鯽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 福壽魚 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 非洲鯽 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 羅非 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 非洲鯽 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 吳郭魚 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 南洋鯽 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 南洋鯉仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 南洋鯽 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 南洋鯽仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 吳郭魚, 南洋鯽 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 吳郭魚, 南洋鯽 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 吳郭魚, 南洋鯽 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 南洋鯽 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 非洲鯽 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鯽仔魚 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 鯽仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 非洲鰂 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 吳郭魚 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 吳郭魚 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 吳郭魚 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 南洋鮘仔, 南洋鯽仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 南洋鮘仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 南洋鮘仔, 南洋鯽仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 吳郭魚 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 吳郭魚 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 吳郭魚 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 臺南鯽仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 吳郭仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 吳郭魚 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 南洋鮘仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 南洋鮘仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 南洋鯽仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 南洋鮘仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen (Jinsha) | 吳郭魚 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 鯽仔魚 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 吳郭, 鯽仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 日本魚 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 羅非魚 |