麒麟鹿
Chinese
| qilin | deer | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (麒麟鹿) | 麒麟 | 鹿 | |
| simp. #(麒麟鹿) | 麒麟 | 鹿 | |
Pronunciation
- Eastern Min (BUC): gì-lìng-lĕ̤k
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kî-lîn-lo̍k
Noun
麒麟鹿
- (Min) giraffe
- 麒麟鹿欲坐車 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
- From: 2002, 〈麒麟鹿欲坐車〉, in 《歡喜念歌詩(1)-麒麟鹿欲坐車》, page 70
- Kî-lîn-lo̍k beh chē-chhia [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- The giraffe wants to get a ride
麒麟鹿欲坐车 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 長頸鹿 (“giraffe”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 長頸鹿 | |
| Taxonomic name | 長頸鹿 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 長脖兒鹿 |
| Taiwan | 長頸鹿 | |
| Singapore | 長頸鹿 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 長脖兒鹿 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 長頸鹿 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 長頸鹿 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 長頸鹿 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 長頸鹿 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 長頸鹿 | |
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 長頸鹿仔 | |
| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 長頸鹿 | |
| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 長頸鹿 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 長頸鹿 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 長頸鹿 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 長頸鹿 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 長頸鹿 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 長頸鹿, 長頷鹿 |
| Zhao'an | 長頸鹿 | |
| Taipei (Wanhua) | 長頭鹿 | |
| New Taipei (Tamsui) | 長頭鹿 | |
| Kaohsiung | 長頷鹿, 麒麟仔 | |
| Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 長頷頸 | |
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 長頸鹿, 長鹿仔 | |
| Yilan | 長頷鹿 | |
| Yilan (Luodong) | 躼跤鹿仔 | |
| Yilan (Toucheng) | 躼跤鹿仔 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 麒麟鹿 | |
| Taichung | 麒麟 | |
| Taichung (Wuqi) | 麒麟鹿 | |
| Tainan | 長頷鹿 | |
| Taitung | 長頷鹿 | |
| Hsinchu | 長頷鹿 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 長頷鹿 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 麒麟鹿, 長頸鹿 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 麒麟鹿, 長跤鹿, 長頸鹿 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 長頸鹿 | |