海椰子

Chinese

		ocean; sea	coconut
trad. (海椰子)		海	椰子
simp. #(海椰子)		海	椰子

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “calque of "coco-de-mer", or an independently developed word?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎiyēzi, hǎiyézi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄧㄝ ˙ㄗ, ㄏㄞˇ ㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎiyēzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄧㄝ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎiyezi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-yeh¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: hǎi-yē-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeie.tzy
    • Palladius: хайецзы (xajeczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎiyézi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎiyézi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-yeh²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: hǎi-yé-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeye.tzy
    • Palladius: хайецзы (xajeczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/

Noun

海椰子

1. coco-de-mer

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 海椰子 (“coco-de-mer”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		海椰子
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	海椰子
Cantonese	Hong Kong	海底椰
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	海椰