海鳥

海鳥

Chinese

		ocean; sea	bird; penis
trad. (海鳥)		海	鳥
simp. (海鸟)		海	鸟
variant forms		海爪 Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎiniǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² niu⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): hái-chiáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hǎiniǎo [Phonetic: háiniǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeneau
    • IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² niu⁵
    • Yale: hói níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² niu⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːy̯³⁵ niːu̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-chiáu
    • Tâi-lô: hái-tsiáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hayciao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /haɪ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕiaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /haɪ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiaʊ⁴¹/

Noun

海鳥

1. seabird
2. (Quanzhou and Malaysia Hokkien, specifically) seagull

Synonyms

• (seagull): 海鷗／海鸥 (hǎi'ōu); (Min Nan) 海雞母／海鸡母

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	鳥
かい Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠it͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

海鳥 (hiragana かいちょう, rōmaji kaichō)

1. seabird

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Korean

Hanja in this term
海	鳥

Noun

海鳥 • (haejo) (hangeul 해조)

1. Hanja form^? of 해조 (“seabird”).