海龜

See also: 海龟 and 海亀

Chinese

		ocean; sea	tortoise; turtle
trad. (海龜)		海	龜
simp. (海龟)		海	龟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎiguī

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² gwai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hói-kûi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-ku

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎiguī
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎiguei
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-kuei¹
    • Yale: hǎi-gwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeguei
    • Palladius: хайгуй (xajguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 海歸 / 海归 海龜 / 海龟

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hoi² gwai¹
    • Yale: hói gwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² gwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² guei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 海歸 / 海归 海龜 / 海龟

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hói-kûi
    • Hakka Romanization System: hoi^ˋ gui^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hoi³ gui¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hoi̯³¹ ku̯i²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-ku
    • Tâi-lô: hái-ku
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hay'kw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ku³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ku⁴⁴/

Noun

海龜

1. sea turtle (Classifier: 隻／只 m)
2. (neologism, humorous, slang) Alternative form of 海歸 / 海归 (hǎiguī, “one who has studied overseas and returned to China”)