海椰子

Chinese

		ocean; sea	coconut
trad. (海椰子)		海	椰子
simp. ^#(海椰子)		海	椰子

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “calque of "coco-de-mer", or an independently developed word?”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎiyēzi, hǎiyézi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄧㄝ ˙ㄗ, ㄏㄞˇ ㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄗ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎiyēzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄧㄝ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎiyezi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: hai³-yeh¹-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: hǎi-yē-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeie.tzy
  - Palladius: хайецзы (xajjeczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎiyézi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎiyézi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: hai³-yeh²-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: hǎi-yé-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeye.tzy
  - Palladius: хайецзы (xajjeczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/

Noun

海椰子

coco-de-mer

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 海椰子 (“coco-de-mer”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		海椰子
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	海椰子
Cantonese	Hong Kong	海底椰
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	海椰