Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- lǐ
English
- carp
- carp
- carp; koi
粵語
- 鯉魚
Variants
Words containing 鯉
- 鯉魚lei5 jyu2
carp
- 錦鯉gam2 lei5
koi (Cyprinus carpio haematopterus)
- 鯉魚門lei5 jyu4 mun4
Lei Yue Mun, a fishing village in south-eastern Kowloon in Hong Kong
- 鯉魚旗lei5 jyu4 kei4
koinobori, a Japanese carp-shaped windsock flown to celebrate Children's Day
- 鯉城lei5 sing4
see 鯉城區|鲤城区[Li3 cheng2 Qu1]
- 海鯉hoi2 lei5
sea bream
- 裸鯉lo2 lei5
naked carp (Gymnocypris przewalskii)
- 鯉城區lei5 sing4 keoi1
Licheng, a district of Quanzhou City 泉州市[Quan2 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian
- 鯪鯉ling4 lei5
pangolin (Manis pentadactylata)
- 鯉魚仔lei5 jyu2 zai2
- 鯪鯉科ling4 lei5 fo1
the pangolin family
- 鯉魚跳龍門lei5 jyu4 tiu3 lung4 mun4
to make a significant advance in one's career (idiom)
- 鯪鯉甲ling4 lei5 gaap3
pangolin (Manis pentadactylata)
- 鯉魚打挺lei5 jyu4 daa2 ting5
(martial arts, gymnastics) to kip up (spring upright from supine without hands)
- 鯉躍龍門lei5 joek3 lung4 mun4
- 雙孖鯉魚soeng1 maa1 lei5 jyu2