海狸

Chinese

		ocean; sea	raccoon dog; leopard cat
simp. and trad. (海狸)		海	狸

海狸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎilí

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² lei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎilí
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎilí
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-li²
    • Yale: hǎi-lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeli
    • Palladius: хайли (xajli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² lei⁴
    • Yale: hói lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² léi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ lei̯²¹/

Noun

海狸

1. beaver

Synonyms

• 河狸 (hélí)

Japanese

海狸 (kairi, umidanuki): a beaver.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
海	狸
かい Grade: 2	り Hyōgai
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
海狸 (kyūjitai)

Probably coined in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived elements.

The beaver is not native to Asia, so this word would have been coined (or repurposed) relatively recently.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かいり [káꜜìrì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠iɾʲi]

Noun

海(かい)狸(り) • (kairi) 

1. (rare) alternate term for ビーバー (bībā): a beaver

Usage notes

The term ビーバー (bībā) is used more commonly.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
海	狸
うみ Grade: 2	たぬき > だぬき Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
海狸 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 海 (umi, “sea, ocean”) +‎ 狸 (tanuki, “tanuki or raccoon dog”). The tanuki changes to danuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うみだぬき [ùmídáꜜnùkì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟mʲida̠nɯ̟kʲi]

Noun

海(うみ)狸(だぬき) • (umidanuki) 

1. (rare) alternate term for ビーバー (bībā): a beaver

Usage notes

The term ビーバー (bībā) is used more commonly.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
海	狸

Noun

海狸

1. chữ Hán form of hải ly (“beaver”).