麒麟鹿

Chinese

		qilin	deer
trad. (麒麟鹿)		麒麟	鹿
simp. #(麒麟鹿)		麒麟	鹿

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): gì-lìng-lĕ̤k
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kî-lîn-lo̍k

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gì-lìng-lĕ̤k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵³⁻³³ l̃iŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(l-)nˡøyʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-lîn-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: kî-lîn-lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kilinlok
    • IPA (Singapore): /ki²⁴⁻²¹ lin²⁴⁻²¹ lɔk̚⁴³/
    • IPA (Penang): /ki²³⁻²¹ lin²³⁻²¹ lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ lin²³⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔk̚⁴/

Noun

麒麟鹿

1. (Min) giraffe

   • 麒麟鹿欲坐車 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     麒麟鹿欲坐车 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2002, 〈麒麟鹿欲坐車〉, in 《歡喜念歌詩(1)-麒麟鹿欲坐車》, page 70

     Kî-lîn-lo̍k beh chē-chhia [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     The giraffe wants to get a ride

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 長頸鹿 (“giraffe”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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