海翁

海翁

Chinese

		ocean; sea	elderly person
simp. and trad. (海翁)		海	翁

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): hái-ang / hái-iang

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-ang
    • Tâi-lô: hái-ang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hayafng
    • IPA (Kinmen): /haɪ⁵³⁻²⁴ aŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /haɪ⁴²⁻⁴⁴ aŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /haɪ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ aŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ aŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-iang
    • Tâi-lô: hái-iang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hayiafng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /haɪ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iaŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

海翁

1. (Min Nan) whale

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鯨魚 (“whale”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鯨
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鯨
Taxonomic name		鯨
Mandarin	Beijing	鯨魚
	Taiwan	鯨魚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鯨魚
	Hong Kong	鯨魚
	Taishan	鯨魚
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鯨魚, 海鰍
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	鯨魚, 海鰍
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	海鰍, 鯨魚
	Dongshi (Dabu)	海盎, 鯨魚
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	鯨魚, 海鰍
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	鯨魚, 海鰍
Min Nan	Xiamen	海翁
	Taipei	海翁
	Kaohsiung	海翁, 鯨魚
	Tainan	海翁
	Taichung	海翁
	Hsinchu	海翁
	Lukang	海翁
	Sanxia	海翁
	Yilan	海翁, 鯨魚
	Kinmen	海翁
	Magong	海翁
	Penang	鯨魚
	Singapore	海翁, 鯨魚
Wu	Shanghai	鯨魚