長頸鹿
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[edit]long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop |
neck | deer | ||
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trad. (長頸鹿) | 長 | 頸 | 鹿 | |
simp. (长颈鹿) | 长 | 颈 | 鹿 | |
Literally: “long-necked deer”. |
Etymology
[edit]Appears to be first attested in 萬國地理全集 [1844] by Karl Gützlaff (Chng, 2012). Earlier names for the animal include 徂蠟/徂蜡, 麒麟 (qílín), 惡那西約/恶那西约, 祖剌法, etc.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng4 geng2 luk6-2 / coeng4 geng2 luk6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhòng-kiáng-lu̍k
- Eastern Min (BUC): dòng-gêng-lĕ̤k
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): tn̂g-kéng-lo̍k / tn̂g-kēng-lo̍k / tn̂g-kún-lo̍k
- (Teochew, Peng'im): ciang5 gên3 dêg8
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄌㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chángjǐnglù
- Wade–Giles: chʻang2-ching3-lu4
- Yale: cháng-jǐng-lù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngjiingluh
- Palladius: чанцзинлу (čanczinlu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: coeng4 geng2 luk6-2 / coeng4 geng2 luk6
- Yale: chèuhng géng lúk / chèuhng géng luhk
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng4 geng2 luk9-2 / tsoeng4 geng2 luk9
- Guangdong Romanization: cêng4 géng2 lug6-2 / cêng4 géng2 lug6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ kɛːŋ³⁵ lʊk̚²⁻³⁵/, /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ kɛːŋ³⁵ lʊk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòng-kiáng-lu̍k
- Hakka Romanization System: congˇ giangˋ lug
- Hagfa Pinyim: cong2 giang3 lug6
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ ki̯aŋ³¹ luk̚⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: dòng-gêng-lĕ̤k
- Sinological IPA (key): /touŋ⁵³⁻²¹ (k-)ŋiŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ (l-)nˡøyʔ⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̂g-kéng-lo̍k
- Tâi-lô: tn̂g-kíng-lo̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: dngkefnglok
- IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Tainan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̂g-kēng-lo̍k
- Tâi-lô: tn̂g-kīng-lo̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: dngkexnglok
- IPA (Tainan): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ lɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̂g-kún-lo̍k
- Tâi-lô: tn̂g-kún-lo̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: dngkwnlok
- IPA (Penang): /tŋ̍²³⁻²¹ kun⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ciang5 gên3 dêg8
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiâng kèⁿ te̍k
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kẽ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tek̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Noun
[edit]長頸鹿
- giraffe (Classifier: 隻/只 m c) [from 19th c.]
- 1890, 薛福成 [Xue Fucheng], “(四月)二十三日記”, in 《出使英法義比四國日記》, volume 2, page 34:
Synonyms
[edit]Dialectal synonyms of 長頸鹿 (“giraffe”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 長頸鹿 | |
Taxonomic name | 長頸鹿 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 長脖兒鹿 |
Taiwan | 長頸鹿 | |
Singapore | 長頸鹿 | |
Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 長脖兒鹿 |
Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 長頸鹿 |
Cantonese | Hong Kong | 長頸鹿 |
Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 長頸鹿 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 長頸鹿 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 長頸鹿 | |
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 長頸鹿仔 | |
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 長頸鹿 | |
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 長頸鹿 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 長頸鹿 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 長頸鹿 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 長頸鹿 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 長頸鹿 | |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 長頸鹿, 長頷鹿 |
Zhao'an | 長頸鹿 | |
Taipei (Wanhua) | 長頭鹿 | |
New Taipei (Tamsui) | 長頭鹿 | |
Kaohsiung | 長頷鹿, 麒麟仔 | |
Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 長頷頸 | |
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 長頸鹿, 長鹿仔 | |
Yilan | 長頷鹿 | |
Yilan (Luodong) | 躼跤鹿仔 | |
Yilan (Toucheng) | 躼跤鹿仔 | |
Changhua (Lukang) | 麒麟鹿 | |
Taichung | 麒麟 | |
Taichung (Wuqi) | 麒麟鹿 | |
Tainan | 長頷鹿 | |
Taitung | 長頷鹿 | |
Hsinchu | 長頷鹿 | |
Penghu (Magong) | 長頷鹿 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 麒麟鹿, 長頸鹿 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 麒麟鹿, 長跤鹿, 長頸鹿 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 長頸鹿 |
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