海鰍

Chinese

		ocean; sea	loach
trad. (海鰍)		海	鰍
simp. (海鳅)		海	鳅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎiqiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄑㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² cau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hói-chhiû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎiqiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄑㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎiciou
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-chʻiu¹
    • Yale: hǎi-chyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haechiou
    • Palladius: хайцю (xajcju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² cau¹
    • Yale: hói chāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² tsau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² ceo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hói-chhiû
    • Hakka Romanization System: hoi^ˋ qiu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hoi³ qiu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hoi̯³¹ t͡sʰi̯u²⁴/

Noun

海鰍

1. (archaic or Taiwanese Hakka) whale
   • 1901, 李壬 [Paul Lee Gyim], 英語尋源兼算學 [Chinese-English Elementary Reader and Arithmetic], New York: Taylor & Moriya, page 38:

     條海鰍條海鰍住在大洋 [Cantonese, trad.]
     条海鳅条海鳅住在大洋 [Cantonese, simp.]

     tiu⁴ hoi² cau¹ tiu⁴ hoi² cau¹ zyu⁶ zoi⁶ daai⁶ joeng⁴ [Jyutping]

     A whale, a whale lives in the ocean.

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
	Singapore	鯨魚
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鯨魚
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	鯨魚
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	鯨魚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鯨魚
	Hong Kong	鯨魚
	Taishan	鯨魚
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鯨魚
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	鯨魚
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	鯨魚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	海翁
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	海翁
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	鯨魚
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	鯨魚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	海鰍, 鯨魚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	海翁, 鯨魚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鯨魚, 海鰍
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	鯨魚
	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	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	鯨魚
Wu	Shanghai	鯨魚
	Wenzhou	鯨魚