劉海

See also: 刘海

Chinese

		Liu (Chinese surname)	ocean; sea
trad. (劉海)		劉	海
simp. (刘海)		刘	海
alternative forms		瀏海／浏海 留海

Etymology

Named after 劉海蟾, Daoist immortal usually depicted as a young man with bangs.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ hoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liû-hái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióuhǎi
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-hai³
    • Yale: lyóu-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liouhae
    • Palladius: люхай (ljuxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (劉海兒／刘海儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúhǎir
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄏㄞˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióuhǎir
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-hai³-ʼrh
    • Yale: lyóu-hǎir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liouhaal
    • Palladius: люхайр (ljuxajr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ xɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ hoi²
    • Yale: làuh hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ hɔːi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-hái
    • Tâi-lô: liû-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liu'hae
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³⁻²² hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴⁻²² hai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 劉海

1. fringe; bangs

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 毛𩮴