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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hói-o
    • Hakka Romanization System: hoi` 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
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