長脖鹿

Chinese

		long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	neck	deer
trad. (長脖鹿)		長	脖	鹿
simp. (长脖鹿)		长	脖	鹿
Literally: “long-necked deer”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chángbólù

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chángbólù
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chángbólù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-po²-lu⁴
    • Yale: cháng-bwó-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngborluh
    • Palladius: чанболу (čanbolu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵ lu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (長脖兒鹿／长脖儿鹿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chángbórlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄅㄛˊㄦ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chángbórlù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-po²-ʼrh-lu⁴
    • Yale: cháng-bór-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngborlluh
    • Palladius: чанборлу (čanborlu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ pu̯ɔɻ³⁵ lu⁵¹/

Noun

長脖鹿

1. (Mandarin, colloquial) giraffe
   • 1962, 许多, “大鬧碧清泉”, in 《黎明早行车》, Beijing: 北京出版社, page 69:

     一个又高又瘦像个长脖鹿，一个又矬又胖像个大熊猫。 [MSC, simp.]
     一個又高又瘦像個長脖鹿，一個又矬又胖像個大熊貓。 [MSC, trad.]

     Yī ge yòu gāo yòu shòu xiàng ge chángbólù, yī ge yòu cuó yòu pàng xiàng ge dàxióngmāo. [Pinyin]

     One is tall and skinny like a giraffe; the other is short and plump like a giant panda.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 長頸鹿 (“giraffe”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		長頸鹿
Taxonomic name		長頸鹿
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	長脖兒鹿
	Taiwan	長頸鹿
	Singapore	長頸鹿
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	長脖兒鹿
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	長頸鹿
Cantonese	Hong Kong	長頸鹿
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	長頸鹿
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	長頸鹿
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	長頸鹿
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	長頸鹿仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	長頸鹿
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	長頸鹿
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	長頸鹿
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	長頸鹿
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	長頸鹿
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	長頸鹿
Southern Min	Xiamen	長頸鹿, 長頷鹿
	Zhao'an	長頸鹿
	Taipei (Wanhua)	長頭鹿
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	長頭鹿
	Kaohsiung	長頷鹿, 麒麟仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	長頷頸
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	長頸鹿, 長鹿仔
	Yilan	長頷鹿
	Yilan (Luodong)	躼跤鹿仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	躼跤鹿仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	麒麟鹿
	Taichung	麒麟
	Taichung (Wuqi)	麒麟鹿
	Tainan	長頷鹿
	Taitung	長頷鹿
	Hsinchu	長頷鹿
	Penghu (Magong)	長頷鹿
	Penang (Hokkien)	麒麟鹿, 長頸鹿
	Singapore (Hokkien)	麒麟鹿, 長跤鹿, 長頸鹿
	Singapore (Teochew)	長頸鹿