青鮫

See also: 青鲛

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	shark
trad. (青鮫)		青	鮫
simp. (青鲛)		青	鲛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīngjiāo

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄐㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ gaau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: qīngjiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄐㄧㄠ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingjiau
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    青椒
    青鮫／青鲛
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing¹ gaau¹
  - Yale: chīng gāau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ gaau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ gao¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kɑːu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

青鮫

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) ferocious sea fish

Japanese

青鮫 (aozame): a shortfin mako shark.

Kanji in this term
青	鮫
あお Grade: 1	さめ > ざめ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 青 (ao, “blue”) +‎ 鮫 (same, “shark”).^[1]^[2]^[3] The same changes to zame as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) あおざめ [àózámé] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
- IPA^(key): [a̠o̞za̠me̞]

Noun

青鮫 (hiragana あおざめ, katakana アオザメ, rōmaji aozame, historical hiragana あをざめ, historical katakana アヲザメ)

a shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as アオザメ.

Not to be confused with 葦切鮫 (yoshikirizame, “blue shark”)

Derived terms

化 (ばけ)青 (あお)鮫 (ざめ) (bakeaozame)

References

↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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