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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	梅花兒鹿
	Taiwan	梅花鹿
Central Plains Mandarin	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