Sushi in 402 languages

402 languages

The Japanese dish built around seasoned vinegared rice, usually served with toppings or fillings. Not raw fish in general and not sashimi. In historical languages the cell holds the ancestral dish instead: salted or fermented preserved fish. Vinegared-rice sushi is an Edo-period development, so even the Heian and Middle Japanese 鮓 is narezushi — fish preserved in rice — not the modern dish.

Major languages

English

sushi

/ˈsuːʃi/

8 readings of the same spelling

Chinese

寿司

/ʂoʊ̯˥˩ sz̩˥/

4 different spellings

寿司

/ʂoʊ̯˥˩ sz̩˥/

Mandarin Chinese

/səu˨˩˧ sz̩˥˥/

Sichuan Mandarin Chengdu Mandarin

/zɤ˨˧ sz̩˥˧/

Shanghai Wu

/ʂəɯ˦˦ sz̩˧˩/

Jianghuai Mandarin

/səu˦˥ sz̩˩/

Jin

/su˥˧ sɨ˦˦/

Hakka Chinese

/ʂəu˨˩ sz̩˧˧/

Xiang

/siu˨˩ sɿ˦˨/

Gan

/ʂou˥˩ sz̩˦˦/

Northeastern Mandarin

/siu˩˩ si˧˧/

Teochew

/siɛu˨˦˨ sy˥˥/

Eastern Min

/siu˥˥ si˥˦/

Northern Min

/ʂou˥˧ sz̩˨˩/

Tianjin Mandarin

/sou˧˥ sɿ˥˥/

Wuhan Mandarin

/ʂou˧˩˨ sɿ˨˦/

Zhongyuan Mandarin

/siu˦˩ sɯ˧˧/

Quanzhou Hokkien

/zøʏ˧˩ sz̩˦˦/

Suzhou Wu

/tiu˧˧ si˨˧/

Hainanese

/səu˩˧ sz̩˧˩/

Lanyin Mandarin

/ʑiʏ˩˩˧ sz̩˥˨/

Ningbo Wu

/ɦiɤu˨˨ sɿ˧˧/

Wenzhou Wu

/siu˧˨ ɬu˧˧/

Taishanese

/ɬiu˩˩ ɬi˥˧˧/

Pu-Xian Min

/səu˨˩˧ sz̩˥/

Chongqing Mandarin

/ʃau˦˦˧ ʃɐi˨˧/

Dongguan Yue

/zei˩˧ sɿ˧˧/

Hangzhou Wu

/səu˥˧ sz̩˨˩˨/

Hefei Mandarin

/ɕiu˨˩˧ sɿ˦˦˥/

Hengyang Xiang

/ze˩˩˦ sɿ˥˩/

Jiaxing Wu

/ʂou˨˩ sz̩˨˩˧/

Jinan Mandarin

/ʑiu˩˦ sɿ˧˧˦/

Jinhua Wu

/ʂou˧˩˨ sz̩˨˦/

Kaifeng Mandarin

/ʂəu˨˩˨ sɿ˦˦/

Kunming Mandarin

/sʌu˥˨ sɿ˨˦/

Lüliang Jin

/ʂəɯ˦ sz̩˧˩/

Nanjing Mandarin

/ʃɐu˨˨ ʃi˥˥/

Nanning Yue

/sɑ˥˩ sɿ˦˦/

Wuyuan Hui

/ʂou˥˥ sz̩˨˩/

Xi'an Mandarin

/siu˨˨ su˦˦/

Xiamen Hokkien

/siu˨˨ su˧˦/

Zhangzhou Hokkien

壽司

/sɐu̯˨ siː˥/

Cantonese

/su˥˥ sɨ˨˦/

Taiwanese Hakka

/ʃiu˧˧ sɨ˥˧/

Hailu Hakka

/siu˨˨ su˧˦/

Penang Hokkien

/ʂoʊ̯˥˩ sz̩˥/

Taiwan Mandarin

/sɐu˧˧ si˥˥/

Zhongshan Yue

sú-sih

/su˥˧ siʔ˧˨/

Taiwanese

Hindi

सुशी

/sʊʃiː/

Urdu

سوشی

/suːʃiː/

East Asia (4)

Jeju

초밥

/tɕʰobap̚/

Southeast Asia (40)

Khmer

ស៊ូស៊ី

/suː siː/

Lao

ຊູຊິ

/suː˧˥si˧/

Isan

ซูชิ

/suː˧tɕʰiʔ˦˥/

South Asia (14)

Dari

سوشی

/suːʃi/

Tibetan

ཧྲོའུ་སི

/ʂou˥si˥/

Odia

ସୁଶି

/susi/

Middle East & Central Asia (30)

Avar

суши

/suˈʃi/

Lak

суши

/suˈʃi/

Europe (84)

Ido

sushi

/ˈsuʃi/

Africa (17)

North America (6)

Lojban

cidjrsuci

/ʃidʒrˈsuʃi/

Latin America (9)

Oceania & the Pacific (4)

Siberia & North Asia (4)

Ancient & historical (35)

Sanskrit

15cBCE–21cCE

शुष्कमत्स्य

/ɕuʂkɐmɐtsjɐ/

Latin

7cBCE–6cCE

salsāmentum

/salsaːˈmentum/

Coptic

3–17c

ⲧⲁⲣⲓⲭⲓⲟⲛ

/taˈrixion/

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