海和尚

Chinese

		ocean; sea	preceptor; high priest; head monk preceptor; high priest; head monk; any Buddhist monk
simp. and trad. (海和尚)		海	和尚

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): hai² huê⁵ siên⁷ / hai² huê⁵ sion⁷

---

• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hai² huê⁵ siên⁷ / hai² huê⁵ sion⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hái huê siēⁿ / hái huê siōⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hai⁵²⁻³⁵ hue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sĩẽ¹¹/, /hai⁵²⁻³⁵ hue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sĩõ¹¹/

Note:

• hai2 huê5 siên7 - Chaozhou;
• hai2 huê5 sion7 - Jieyang.

Noun

海和尚

1. (Teochew) 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