長頸鹿

Chinese

	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	neck	deer
trad. (長頸鹿)	長	頸	鹿
simp. (长颈鹿)	长	颈	鹿
Literally: “long-necked deer”.

長頸鹿

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chángjǐnglù
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄌㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngjiingluh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: coeng⁴ geng² luk^6-2, coeng⁴ geng² luk⁶
  - Yale: chèuhng géng lúk, chèuhng géng luhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ geng² luk^9-2, tsoeng⁴ geng² luk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ géng² lug², cêng⁴ géng² lug⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰœ̽ːŋ²¹ kɛːŋ³⁵ lʊk̚²⁻³⁵/, /t͡ʃʰœ̽ːŋ²¹ kɛːŋ³⁵ lʊk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòng-kiáng-lu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: congˇ giang` lug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cong² giang³ lug⁶
  - IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ ki̯aŋ³¹ luk̚⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dòng-gêng-lĕ̤k
  - IPA ^(key): /touŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(k-)ŋiŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(l-)nˡøyʔ⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̂g-kéng-lo̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tn̂g-kíng-lo̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dngkefnglok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔk̚⁴/

長頸鹿

Dialectal synonyms of 長頸鹿 (“giraffe”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		長頸鹿
Taxonomic name		長頸鹿
Mandarin	Beijing	長頸鹿
	Taiwan	長頸鹿
	Ürümqi	長脖兒鹿
Cantonese	Hong Kong	長頸鹿
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	長頸鹿
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	長頸鹿
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	長頸鹿
	Dongshi (Dabu)	長頸鹿
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	長頸鹿
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	長頸鹿
Min Nan	Xiamen	長頸鹿
	Taipei	長頭鹿
	Kaohsiung	麒麟仔
	Tainan	長頷鹿
	Taichung	麒麟
	Wuqi	麒麟鹿
	Hsinchu	長頷鹿
	Taitung	長頷鹿
	Lukang	麒麟鹿
	Yilan	躼跤鹿仔, 長頷鹿
	Magong	長頷鹿
	Penang	麒麟鹿, 長頸鹿
	Singapore	麒麟鹿, 長跤鹿, 長頸鹿