海鳥

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎiniǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² niu⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-chiáu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎiniǎo [Phonetic: háiniǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎiniǎo
  - Wade–Giles: hai³-niao³
  - Yale: hǎi-nyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeneau
  - Palladius: хайняо (xajnjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi² niu⁵
  - Yale: hói níuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² niu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi² niu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ niːu̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-chiáu
  - Tâi-lô: hái-tsiáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hayciao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siau⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siau⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siau⁴¹/

Noun

海鳥

seabird
(Quanzhou and Malaysian Hokkien, specifically) seagull

Synonyms

(seagull):

Dialectal synonyms of 海鷗 (“seagull”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		海鷗
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	海鷗
Cantonese	Hong Kong	海鷗
Southern Min	Xiamen	海雞母
	Quanzhou	海雞母, 海鳥
	Tainan	海鷗
	Penang (Hokkien)	海鷗, 海鳥
Wu	Danyang	海老鷹, 江貓

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ka̠it͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

海(かい)鳥(ちょう) • (kaichō)

seabird

Korean

Hanja in this term
海	鳥

Noun

海鳥 • (haejo) (hangeul 해조)

hanja form^? of 해조 (“seabird”)