海鼠

Chinese

		ocean; sea	rat; mouse
trad. (海鼠)		海	鼠
simp. #(海鼠)		海	鼠

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-chhú

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-chhú
    • Tâi-lô: hái-tshú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hayzhuo

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 海鼠

1. (Penghu Hokkien) dolphin

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 海豚 (“dolphin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		海豨
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		海豚
Taxonomic name		海豚
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	海豚
	Singapore	海豚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	海豬, 海豚
	Hong Kong	海豚
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	海豚, 海豬
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	海豚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	海豚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	海豚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	海豚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	海豬
Southern Min	Xiamen	白鰗, 海豬, 媽祖婆魚, 媽祖魚, 鎮港魚
	Zhangzhou	白鰗, 媽祖婆魚, 媽祖魚, 鎮港魚
	Taipei	海豬仔
	Taipei (Wanhua)	海豬
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	海豬仔
	Kaohsiung	海豬, 烏鯃
	Yilan	海豬仔, 海豬
	Changhua (Lukang)	海豬仔, 海豬
	Taichung	海豬
	Taichung (Wuqi)	海豬
	Tainan	海豬仔, 海豬
	Taitung	海豬
	Taitung (Green Island)	烏鯃
	Hsinchu	海豬, 海豬仔
	Pingtung (Liuqiu)	烏鯃
	Kinmen	海豬
	Penghu (Magong)	海鼠, 烏鯃
	Penghu (Pengnan)	海鼠
	Penghu (Xiyu)	海鼠
	Penghu (Huxi)	海鼠
	Penghu (Wangan)	海鼠
	Penghu (Cimei)	海鼠, 烏鯃
	Penghu (Huayu)	烏鯃
	Penghu (Zhongtun)	海鼠
	Penghu (Houliao)	海鼠
	Penghu (Tongliang)	海鼠, 烏鯃, 白鯃
	Penghu (Jibei)	烏鯃, 白鯃
	Singapore (Hokkien)	海豬
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	白吳
Puxian Min	Putian	海豬
	Xianyou	海豬
Wu	Shanghai	海豚

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	鼠
Grade: 2	Hyōgai
irregular

Alternative spelling
海鼠 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

The kanji, a compound of 海 (“sea”) +‎ 鼠 (“rat; mouse”), are jukujikun (熟字訓). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

海鼠(なまこ) or 海鼠(ナマコ) • (namako) 

1. a sea cucumber