海盜

See also: 海盗

Chinese

		ocean; sea	steal; rob; plunder steal; rob; plunder; a thief; bandit; robber
trad. (海盜)		海	盜
simp. (海盗)		海	盗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎidào

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² dou⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hái-tō / hái-tō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hai² dao⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎidào
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎidào
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-tao⁴
    • Yale: hǎi-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haedaw
    • Palladius: хайдао (xajdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² dou⁶
    • Yale: hói douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ tou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-tō
    • Tâi-lô: hái-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hay'doi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-tō͘
    • Tâi-lô: hái-tōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hay'do
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hai² dao⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hái tău
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hai⁵²⁻³⁵ tau³⁵/

Noun

海盜

由於索馬里局勢混亂，不少當地漁民鋌而走險成爲海盜。圖爲由美國海軍拍攝到的海盜小艇。

1. pirate

   • 二十三年，虎門砲台工竣，疏言：「舊式砲台僅可禦海盜，今仿洋法，以三合土築人字形，砲牆量宜增移改建。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     二十三年，虎门炮台工竣，疏言：「旧式炮台仅可御海盗，今仿洋法，以三合土筑人字形，炮墙量宜增移改建。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1929, Zhao Erxun (lead editor), Draft History of Qing

     Èrshísān nián, hǔmén pàotái gōngjùn, shū yán: “Jiùshì pàotái jǐn kě yù hǎidào, jīn fǎng yáng fǎ, yǐ sānhétǔ zhù rén zì xíng, pào qiáng liàng yí zēng yí gǎijiàn.” [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 海盜 (“pirate”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		海盜
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	海盜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	海賊
	Hong Kong	海盜
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	海賊
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	海賊
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	海賊
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	海賊
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	海賊
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	海賊
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	海賊
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	海賊
Southern Min	Xiamen	海賊, 海匪
	Quanzhou	海賊
	Zhangzhou	海賊
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	海賊
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	海賊
	Tainan	海賊
	Tainan (Anping)	海賊
	Penghu (Xiyu)	海賊
	Leizhou	海賊
	Haikou	海賊
Wu	Wenzhou	海賊

Derived terms

• 海盜旗／海盗旗 (hǎidàoqí)