梅花鹿

Chinese

		plum blossom; wintersweet	deer
trad. (梅花鹿)		梅花	鹿
simp. #(梅花鹿)		梅花	鹿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méihuālù

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ faa¹ luk^6-2
• Eastern Min (BUC): muòi-huă-lĕ̤k
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): mûi-hoe-lo̍k / bôe-hoe-lo̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuê⁵ huê¹ dêg⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méihuālù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méihualù
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-hua¹-lu⁴
    • Yale: méi-hwā-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meihualuh
    • Palladius: мэйхуалу (mɛjxualu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ lu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méihuārlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méihuarlù
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-hua¹-ʼrh-lu⁴
    • Yale: méi-hwār-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meihualluh
    • Palladius: мэйхуарлу (mɛjxuarlu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ xu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁴ faa¹ luk^6-2
    • Yale: mùih fā lúk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ faa¹ luk^9-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ fa¹ lug^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹ faː⁵⁵ lʊk̚²⁻³⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: muòi-huă-lĕ̤k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mui⁵³⁻²¹ ^(h-)ua⁵⁵ l̃øyʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-hoe-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: muî-hue-lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mui'hoelok
    • IPA (Taipei): /muĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /muĩ²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôe-hoe-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: buê-hue-lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boe'hoelok
    • IPA (Taipei): /bue²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bue²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhuê⁵ huê¹ dêg⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buê hue te̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hue³³⁻²³ tek̚⁴/

Noun

梅花鹿

1. sika deer (Cervus nippon) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn; 頭／头 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 梅花鹿 (“sika deer”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		梅花鹿
Mandarin	Beijing	梅花兒鹿
	Taiwan	梅花鹿
	Luoyang	梅花兒鹿
Cantonese	Hong Kong	梅花鹿
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	梅花鹿
Wu	Suzhou	梅花鹿
	Hangzhou	梅花鹿