海狗

Chinese

		ocean; sea	dog
simp. and trad. (海狗)		海	狗

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎigǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄍㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² gau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hói-kiéu
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-káu
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵he-keu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎigǒu [Phonetic: háigǒu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄍㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎigǒu
  - Wade–Giles: hai³-kou³
  - Yale: hǎi-gǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haegoou
  - Palladius: хайгоу (xajgou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi² gau²
  - Yale: hói gáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² gau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi² geo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hói-kiéu
  - Hakka Romanization System: hoi^ˋ gieu^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hoi³ gieu³
  - Sinological IPA: /hoi̯³¹ ki̯eu̯³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-káu
  - Tâi-lô: hái-káu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hay'kao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kau⁴¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵he-keu
  - MiniDict: he^去 keu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²he-keu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /he³³ kɤ⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

Noun

海狗

fur seal

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (海狗):

→ Korean: 해구(海狗) (haegu)
→ Vietnamese: hải cẩu (海狗)

See also

海豹 (hǎibào, “earless seal”)

Etymology 2

Noun

海狗

(Mainland China, Internet slang, derogatory) Huawei fans

Synonyms

higo

Korean

Hanja in this term
海	狗

Noun

海狗 • (haegu) (hangeul 해구)

hanja form^? of 해구 (“fur seal”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
海	狗

Noun

海狗

chữ Hán form of hải cẩu (“fur seal”)