Chinese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ, “parrot”) (Luo, 1950).
Pronunciation[edit]
八哥
- (colloquial) myna bird (Acridotheres)
- (Jin) parrot
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of
八哥 (“myna”)
[map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
鴝鵒
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
鴝鵒, 八哥
|
| Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
八哥兒, 八八兒
|
| Taiwan
|
八哥
|
| Harbin
|
八哥兒
|
| Shenyang
|
八哥
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
八哥兒
|
| Jinan
|
八哥
|
| Luoyang
|
八哥兒
|
| Wanrong
|
八哥
|
| Zhengzhou
|
八哥兒
|
| Xi'an
|
八哥兒
|
| Yinchuan
|
八哥
|
| Lanzhou
|
八哥
|
| Xining
|
八哥兒
|
| Ürümqi
|
八哥兒, 黑八兒
|
| Wuhan
|
八哥
|
| Chengdu
|
八哥, 八哥兒
|
| Guiyang
|
八兒, 八哥
|
| Kunming
|
八哥
|
| Guilin
|
八哥
|
| Liuzhou
|
八哥, 八哥鳥, 鷯哥
|
| Xuzhou
|
八哥兒
|
| Yangzhou
|
八哥子
|
| Nanjing
|
八哥
|
| Hefei
|
八哥子
|
| Singapore
|
八哥
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
鷯哥
|
| Hong Kong
|
鷯哥
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
鷯哥
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
鷯哥
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
鷯哥
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
鷯哥仔
|
| Macau
|
鷯哥
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
鷯哥
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
鷯哥
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
鷯哥
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
鷯哥
|
| Foshan
|
鷯哥
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
釣哥
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
鷯哥
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
鷯哥
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
鷯哥
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
鷯哥
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan)
|
鷯哥
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
|
鷯哥
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
鷯哥
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
鷯哥
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
鷯哥
|
| Taishan
|
鷯哥
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
鷯哥
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
鷯哥
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
鷯哥
|
| Dongguan
|
鷯哥
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
鷯哥
|
| Shaoguan
|
鷯哥
|
| Yunfu
|
鷯哥
|
| Yangjiang
|
鷯哥, 鷯仔
|
| Xinyi
|
鷯哥
|
| Lianjiang
|
鷯哥
|
| Nanning
|
鷯哥
|
| Wuzhou
|
鷯哥, 八哥
|
| Yulin
|
鷯哥
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
阿鷯
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
鷯哥
|
| Ipoh (Guangfu)
|
八哥
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
八哥, 鷯哥
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
八哥子
|
| Lichuan
|
八兒
|
| Pingxiang
|
哵哵鳥仔, 哵哵鳥, 哵哵仔
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
烏鷯哥
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
鷯哥
|
| Huiyang
|
鷯哥
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
鷯哥
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
鷯哥
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
鷯哥
|
| Conghua (Lütian)
|
鷯哥
|
| Yudu
|
烏葉子
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
白翼仔, 烏鷯
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
白翼仔, 烏鷯
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
白翼仔, 烏鷯
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
白翼, 烏鷯, 烏鷯哥
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
白翼仔, 烏鷯仔
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
八哥鳥
|
| Hong Kong
|
鷯哥
|
| Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
鷯哥
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
鷯哥
|
| Singkawang
|
烏鷯哥
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
八哥
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
八哥
|
| Xinzhou
|
八哥兒
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
八八仔
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
化化
|
| Fuqing
|
八八
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
鵁鴒
|
| Quanzhou
|
鵁鴒, 烏肉
|
| Zhangzhou
|
鵁鴒
|
| Taipei
|
鵁鴒
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
鵁鴒
|
| Kaohsiung
|
鵁鴒
|
| Yilan
|
鵁鴒
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
鵁鴒
|
| Taichung
|
鵁鴒
|
| Tainan
|
鵁鴒
|
| Hsinchu
|
鵁鴒
|
| Kinmen
|
鵁鴒
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
鵁鴒
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
鵁鴒
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
鵁鴒
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
鷯哥
|
| Chaozhou
|
鷯哥
|
| Shantou
|
鷯哥
|
| Jieyang
|
鷯哥
|
| Haifeng
|
鳥哥仔
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
鷯哥
|
| Haikou
|
鷯哥
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
鷯哥, 把巴
|
| Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
鷯哥
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
八哥
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
八哥
|
| Suzhou
|
八哥
|
| Danyang
|
八哥
|
| Hangzhou
|
八哥兒
|
| Ningbo
|
八哥
|
| Wenzhou
|
八哥兒
|
| Jinhua
|
八哥兒
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
八哥子
|
| Xiangtan
|
八樂子
|
| Loudi
|
哵哵唧
|
| Shuangfeng
|
牛阿八, 阿八
|
| Quanzhou
|
八哥鳥
|
Dialectal synonyms of
鸚鵡 (“parrot”)
[map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
鸚鵡, 能言鳥
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
鸚哥兒, 鸚鵡
|
| Taiwan
|
鸚鵡
|
| Langfang
|
鸚鵡兒
|
| Tangshan
|
鸚鵡
|
| Cangzhou
|
鸚鵡
|
| Baoding
|
鸚哥兒
|
| Shijiazhuang
|
鸚哥兒
|
| Daming
|
鸚哥兒
|
| Harbin
|
鸚哥兒
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
鸚鵡兒
|
| Jinan
|
鸚哥, 鸚鵡
|
| Luoyang
|
鸚鵡
|
| Wanrong
|
鸚哥兒
|
| Zhengzhou
|
鸚哥兒
|
| Xi'an
|
鸚哥兒
|
| Yinchuan
|
鸚哥
|
| Lanzhou
|
鸚哥
|
| Xining
|
鸚哥兒
|
| Ürümqi
|
鸚哥兒
|
| Wuhan
|
鸚鵡, 鸚哥
|
| Chengdu
|
鸚鸚兒
|
| Guiyang
|
鸚哥
|
| Guilin
|
鸚鵡
|
| Liuzhou
|
鸚鵡, 鸚鵡鳥
|
| Xuzhou
|
鸚鵡
|
| Yangzhou
|
鸚哥
|
| Nanjing
|
鸚鵡
|
| Singapore
|
鸚鵡
|
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
鸚哥兒, 八哥兒
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
鸚哥
|
| Hong Kong
|
鸚鵡
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Macau
|
鸚鵡
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
鸚哥
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Foshan
|
鸚鵡
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Taishan
|
鸚鵡
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Dongguan
|
鸚鵡
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Qingyuan
|
鸚鵡
|
| Fogang
|
鸚鵡
|
| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Yangshan
|
鸚鵡
|
| Lianshan (Butian)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Shaoguan
|
鸚鵡
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Renhua
|
鸚鵡
|
| Lechang
|
鸚鵡
|
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
鸚哥
|
| Sihui
|
鸚鵡
|
| Guangning
|
鸚鵡
|
| Deqing
|
鸚鵡
|
| Huaiji
|
鸚鵡
|
| Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Yunfu
|
鸚鵡
|
| Xinxing
|
鸚哥
|
| Luoding
|
鷯哥
|
| Yunan (Pingtai)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Xinyi
|
鸚鵡
|
| Lianjiang
|
鸚鵡
|
| Nanning
|
鸚哥, 鸚鵡
|
| Wuzhou
|
鸚鵡
|
| Yulin
|
鸚鵡
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
鸚哥
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
鸚哥
|
| Pengze
|
鸚鵡
|
| Lichuan
|
鸚鵡
|
| Pingxiang
|
鸚鵡, 鸚哥
|
| Liuyang
|
鸚鵡鳥哩
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
鸚鵡
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Conghua (Lütian)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Changting
|
鸚哥
|
| Wuping
|
鵡溜子
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Liancheng
|
鸚鵡
|
| Yudu
|
鸚鵡鳥子
|
| Ruijin
|
鸚鵡
|
| Shicheng
|
鸚鵡
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
鸚哥
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
鸚哥
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
鸚哥
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
鸚哥
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
鸚哥
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
鸚哥
|
| Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
八哥
|
| Pingyao
|
鸚鵝兒, 八哥兒
|
| Xinzhou
|
鸚鵡
|
| Hohhot
|
鸚鵡
|
| Zhangjiakou
|
鸚鵡
|
| Handan
|
鸚鵡
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
鸚鵡
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
鸚哥
|
| Fuqing
|
鸚哥
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
鸚哥
|
| Quanzhou
|
鸚哥
|
| Zhangzhou
|
鸚哥
|
| Taipei
|
鸚哥
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
鸚哥
|
| Kaohsiung
|
鸚哥
|
| Yilan
|
鸚哥
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
鸚哥
|
| Taichung
|
鸚哥
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
鸚哥
|
| Tainan
|
鸚哥
|
| Taitung
|
鸚哥
|
| Hsinchu
|
鸚哥
|
| Kinmen
|
鸚哥鳥
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
鸚哥
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
鸚哥
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
鸚哥
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Shantou
|
鸚哥
|
| Jieyang
|
鸚哥
|
| Leizhou
|
鸚哥鳥
|
| Haikou
|
鸚哥
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
鸚哥
|
| Xianyou
|
鸚哥
|
| Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
鸚鵡
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Shaxi (Longdu)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Sanxiang
|
鸚鵡
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
鸚鵡, 鸚哥
|
| Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
鸚鵡
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
鸚哥, 鸚鵡
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
鸚哥
|
| Suzhou
|
鸚哥
|
| Danyang
|
鸚鵡
|
| Hangzhou
|
鸚哥
|
| Ningbo
|
鸚哥
|
| Wenzhou
|
鸚鵡, 鸚哥
|
| Jinhua
|
鸚鵡
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
鸚鵡
|
| Quanzhou
|
鸚鵡
|
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
