海翁

Chinese

		ocean; sea	elderly person
trad. (海翁)		海	翁
simp. #(海翁)		海	翁

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-ang / hái-iang

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-ang
    • Tâi-lô: hái-ang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hayafng
    • IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /hai⁵³⁻⁵⁵ aŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /hai⁵³⁻²⁴ aŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /hai⁴²⁻²⁴ aŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ aŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ aŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /hai⁵⁵⁻³⁵ aŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-iang
    • Tâi-lô: hái-iang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hayiafng
    • IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iaŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

海翁

1. (Southern Min) whale

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鯨魚 (“whale”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鯨
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鯨
Taxonomic name		鯨
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鯨魚
	Taiwan	鯨魚
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鯨魚
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	鯨魚
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	鯨魚
Mandarin	Singapore	鯨魚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鯨魚
	Hong Kong	鯨魚
	Taishan	鯨魚
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鯨魚, 海鰍
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鯨魚, 海鰍
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	海鰍, 鯨魚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	海盎, 鯨魚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鯨魚, 海鰍
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鯨魚, 海鰍
Southern Min	Xiamen	海翁
	Taipei	海翁
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	海翁
	Kaohsiung	海翁, 鯨魚
	Yilan	海翁, 鯨魚
	Changhua (Lukang)	海翁
	Taichung	海翁
	Tainan	海翁
	Hsinchu	海翁
	Kinmen	海翁
	Penghu (Magong)	海翁
	Penang (Hokkien)	鯨魚
	Singapore (Hokkien)	海翁, 鯨魚
	Leizhou	海公魚
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	鯨魚
Wu	Shanghai	鯨魚
	Wenzhou	鯨魚