海鳥

Chinese

		ocean; sea	bird
trad. (海鳥)		海	鳥
simp. (海鸟)		海	鸟
alternative forms		海爪 Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎiniǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² niu⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-chiáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎiniǎo [Phonetic: háiniǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎiniǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-niao³
    • Yale: hǎi-nyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeneau
    • Palladius: хайняо (xajnjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² niu⁵
    • Yale: hói níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² niu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ niːu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-chiáu
    • Tâi-lô: hái-tsiáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hayciao
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siau⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siau⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siau⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siau⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siau⁴¹/

Noun

海鳥

1. seabird
2. (Quanzhou and Malaysian Hokkien, specifically) seagull

Synonyms

• (seagull):

Dialectal synonyms of 海鷗 (“seagull”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		海鷗
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	海鷗
Cantonese	Hong Kong	海鷗
Southern Min	Xiamen	海雞母
	Quanzhou	海雞母, 海鳥
	Tainan	海鷗
	Penang (Hokkien)	海鷗, 海鳥
Wu	Danyang	海老鷹, 江貓

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	鳥
かい Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
海鳥 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠it͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

海(かい)鳥(ちょう) • (kaichō) 

1. seabird

Korean

Hanja in this term
海	鳥

Noun

海鳥 • (haejo) (hangeul 해조)

1. hanja form^? of 해조 (“seabird”)