海鷗

See also: 海鸥

Chinese

		ocean; sea	common gull
trad. (海鷗)		海	鷗
simp. (海鸥)		海	鸥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎi'ōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² au¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hói-o
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-au / hái-o͘ / hái-io

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎi'ōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎi-ou
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-ou¹
    • Yale: hǎi-ōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeou
    • Palladius: хайоу (xajou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² au¹
    • Yale: hói āu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² au¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² eo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ ɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hói-o
    • Hakka Romanization System: hoi^ˋ o
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hoi³ o⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hoi̯³¹ o⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-au
    • Tâi-lô: hái-au
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hayaw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ au⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ au⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Tainan, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-o͘
    • Tâi-lô: hái-oo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hayof
    • IPA (Tainan): /hai⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /hai⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ ɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-io
    • Tâi-lô: hái-io
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hayioy
    • IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ io⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

海鷗

1. seagull (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 海鷗 (“seagull”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		海鷗
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	海鷗
Cantonese	Hong Kong	海鷗
Southern Min	Xiamen	海雞母
	Quanzhou	海雞母, 海鳥
	Tainan	海鷗
	Penang (Hokkien)	海鷗, 海鳥
Wu	Danyang	海老鷹, 江貓