八哥

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (八哥) 八 哥
simp. #(八哥) 八 哥

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ, “parrot”) (Luo, 1950).

Could be a taboo on Li Yu.

2011 November, 王建, “八哥”, in “B”, in 史諱辭典, →ISBN, 八, page 3:
鸜鵒。避南唐後主李煜嫌名改。吳任臣《十國春秋．拾遺》：“南唐後主名煜，故‘鸜鵒’改稱爲‘八哥’。”陸鳳藻《小知錄》卷十一引《負暄雜錄》：“南唐李主諱煜，改鸜鵒爲八哥。” [MSC, trad.]
𬸱鹆。避南唐后主李煜嫌名改。吴任臣《十国春秋．拾遗》：“南唐后主名煜，故‘𬸱鹆’改称为‘八哥’。”陆凤藻《小知录》卷十一引《负暄杂录》：“南唐李主讳煜，改𬸱鹆为八哥。” [MSC, simp.]
Qúyù. Bì nántáng hòuzhǔ Lǐ Yù xián míng gǎi. Wú Rènchén “shíguó chūnqiū. Shíyí”: “Nántáng hòuzhǔ míng Yù, gù ‘qúyù’ gǎi chēngwèi ‘bāgē’.” Lù Fèngzǎo “xiǎo zhī lù” juǎn shíyī yǐn “fù xuān zálù”: “Nántáng Lǐ zhǔ huì Yù, gǎi qúyù wèi bāgē.” [Pinyin]
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Pronunciation

Noun

八哥

  1. (colloquial) myna bird (Acridotheres)
  2. (Jin) parrot

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 八哥 (“myna”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 鴝鵒
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 鴝鵒, 八哥
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 八哥兒, 八八兒
Taiwan 八哥
Harbin 八哥兒
Shenyang 八哥
Singapore 八哥
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 八哥
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 八哥兒
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 八哥兒
Wanrong 八哥
Zhengzhou 八哥兒
Xi'an 八哥兒
Xining 八哥兒
Xuzhou 八哥兒
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 八哥
Lanzhou 八哥
Ürümqi 八哥兒, 黑八兒
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 八哥, 八哥兒
Wuhan 八哥
Guiyang 八兒, 八哥
Kunming 八哥
Guilin 八哥
Liuzhou 八哥, 八哥鳥, 鷯哥
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 八哥
Yangzhou 八哥子
Hefei 八哥子
Cantonese Guangzhou 鷯哥
Hong Kong 鷯哥
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 鷯哥
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 鷯哥
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 鷯哥
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 鷯哥仔
Macau 鷯哥
Guangzhou (Panyu) 鷯哥
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 鷯哥
Guangzhou (Conghua) 鷯哥
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 鷯哥
Foshan 鷯哥
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 釣哥
Foshan (Shunde) 鷯哥
Foshan (Sanshui) 鷯哥
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 鷯哥
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 鷯哥
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 鷯哥
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 鷯哥
Zhuhai (Doumen) 鷯哥
Jiangmen (Baisha) 鷯哥
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 鷯哥
Taishan 鷯哥
Kaiping (Chikan) 鷯哥
Enping (Niujiang) 鷯哥
Heshan (Yayao) 鷯哥
Dongguan 鷯哥
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 鷯哥
Shaoguan 鷯哥
Yunfu 鷯哥
Yangjiang 鷯哥, 鷯仔
Xinyi 鷯哥
Lianjiang 鷯哥
Nanning 鷯哥
Wuzhou 鷯哥, 八哥
Yulin 鷯哥
Hepu (Lianzhou) 阿鷯
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 鷯哥
Ipoh (Guangfu) 八哥
Singapore (Guangfu) 八哥, 鷯哥
Gan Nanchang 八哥子
Lichuan 八兒
Pingxiang 哵哵鳥仔, 哵哵鳥, 哵哵仔
Hakka Meixian 烏鷯哥
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 鷯哥
Huiyang 鷯哥
Dongguan (Qingxi) 鷯哥
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 鷯哥
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 鷯哥
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 鷯哥
Yudu 烏葉子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 白翼仔, 烏鷯
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 白翼仔, 烏鷯
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 白翼仔, 烏鷯
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 白翼, 烏鷯, 烏鷯哥
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 白翼仔, 烏鷯仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 八哥鳥
Hong Kong 鷯哥
Luchuan (Daqiao) 鷯哥
Senai (Huiyang) 鷯哥
Singkawang 烏鷯哥
Huizhou Jixi 八哥
Jin Taiyuan 八哥
Xinzhou 八哥兒
Northern Min Jian'ou 八八仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 化化
Fuqing 八八
Southern Min Xiamen 鵁鴒
Quanzhou 鵁鴒, 烏肉
Zhangzhou 鵁鴒
Taipei 鵁鴒
New Taipei (Sanxia) 鵁鴒
Kaohsiung 鵁鴒
Yilan 鵁鴒
Changhua (Lukang) 鵁鴒
Taichung 鵁鴒
Tainan 鵁鴒
Hsinchu 鵁鴒
Kinmen 鵁鴒
Penghu (Magong) 鵁鴒
Penang (Hokkien) 鵁鴒
Singapore (Hokkien) 鵁鴒
Pingnan (Shangdu) 鷯哥
Chaozhou 鷯哥
Shantou 鷯哥
Jieyang 鷯哥
Haifeng 鳥哥仔
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 鷯哥
Haikou 鷯哥
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 鷯哥, 把巴
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 鷯哥
Wu Shanghai 八哥
Shanghai (Chongming) 八哥
Suzhou 八哥
Danyang 八哥
Hangzhou 八哥兒
Ningbo 八哥
Wenzhou 八哥兒
Jinhua 八哥兒
Xiang Changsha 八哥子
Xiangtan 八樂子
Loudi 哵哵唧
Shuangfeng 牛阿八, 阿八
Hengyang 吖鳥
Quanzhou 八哥鳥
Dialectal synonyms of 鸚鵡 (“parrot”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 鸚鵡, 能言鳥
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 鸚鵡
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 鸚哥兒, 鸚鵡
Taiwan 鸚鵡
Langfang 鸚鵡兒
Harbin 鸚哥兒
Singapore 鸚鵡
Jilu Mandarin Tangshan 鸚鵡
Cangzhou 鸚鵡
Baoding 鸚哥兒
Shijiazhuang 鸚哥兒
Jinan 鸚哥, 鸚鵡
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 鸚鵡兒
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 鸚鵡
Daming 鸚哥兒
Wanrong 鸚哥兒
Zhengzhou 鸚哥兒
Xi'an 鸚哥兒
Xining 鸚哥兒
Xuzhou 鸚鵡
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 鸚哥兒, 八哥兒
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 鸚哥
Lanzhou 鸚哥
Ürümqi 鸚哥兒
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 鸚鸚兒
Wuhan 鸚鵡, 鸚哥
Guiyang 鸚哥
Guilin 鸚鵡
Liuzhou 鸚鵡, 鸚鵡鳥
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 鸚鵡
Yangzhou 鸚哥
Cantonese Guangzhou 鸚哥
Hong Kong 鸚鵡
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 鸚鵡
Macau 鸚鵡
Guangzhou (Panyu) 鸚哥
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 鸚鵡
Guangzhou (Conghua) 鸚鵡
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 鸚鵡
Foshan 鸚鵡
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 鸚鵡
Foshan (Shunde) 鸚鵡
Foshan (Sanshui) 鸚鵡
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 鸚鵡
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 鸚鵡
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 鸚鵡
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 鸚鵡
Zhuhai (Doumen) 鸚鵡
Jiangmen (Baisha) 鸚鵡
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 鸚鵡
Taishan 鸚鵡
Kaiping (Chikan) 鸚鵡
Enping (Niujiang) 鸚鵡
Heshan (Yayao) 鸚鵡
Dongguan 鸚鵡
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 鸚鵡
Qingyuan 鸚鵡
Fogang 鸚鵡
Yingde (Hanguang) 鸚鵡
Yangshan 鸚鵡
Lianshan (Butian) 鸚鵡
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 鸚鵡
Shaoguan 鸚鵡
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 鸚鵡
Renhua 鸚鵡
Lechang 鸚鵡
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 鸚哥
Sihui 鸚鵡
Guangning 鸚鵡
Deqing 鸚鵡
Huaiji 鸚鵡
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 鸚鵡
Yunfu 鸚鵡
Xinxing 鸚哥
Luoding 鷯哥
Yunan (Pingtai) 鸚鵡
Xinyi 鸚鵡
Lianjiang 鸚鵡
Nanning 鸚哥, 鸚鵡
Wuzhou 鸚鵡
Yulin 鸚鵡
Hepu (Lianzhou) 鸚哥
Gan Nanchang 鸚哥
Pengze 鸚鵡
Lichuan 鸚鵡
Pingxiang 鸚鵡, 鸚哥
Liuyang 鸚鵡鳥哩
Hakka Meixian 鸚鵡
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 鸚鵡
Huidong (Daling) 鸚鵡
Dongguan (Qingxi) 鸚鵡
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 鸚鵡
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 鸚鵡
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 鸚鵡
Changting 鸚哥
Wuping 鵡溜子
Wuping (Pingyu) 鸚鵡
Liancheng 鸚鵡
Yudu 鸚鵡鳥子
Ruijin 鸚鵡
Shicheng 鸚鵡
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 鸚哥
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 鸚哥
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 鸚哥
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 鸚哥
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 鸚哥
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 鸚哥
Luchuan (Daqiao) 鸚鵡
Jin Taiyuan 八哥
Pingyao 鸚鵝兒, 八哥兒
Xinzhou 鸚鵡
Hohhot 鸚鵡
Zhangjiakou 鸚鵡
Handan 鸚鵡
Northern Min Jian'ou 鸚鵡
Eastern Min Fuzhou 鸚哥
Fuqing 鸚哥
Southern Min Xiamen 鸚哥
Quanzhou 鸚哥
Jinjiang 鸚哥
Zhangzhou 鸚哥
Taipei 鸚哥
New Taipei (Sanxia) 鸚哥
Kaohsiung 鸚哥
Yilan 鸚哥
Changhua (Lukang) 鸚哥
Taichung 鸚哥
Taichung (Wuqi) 鸚哥
Tainan 鸚哥
Taitung 鸚哥
Hsinchu 鸚哥
Kinmen 鸚哥鳥
Penghu (Magong) 鸚哥
Penang (Hokkien) 鸚哥
Singapore (Hokkien) 鸚哥
Pingnan (Shangdu) 鸚鵡
Shantou 鸚哥
Jieyang 鸚哥
Leizhou 鸚哥鳥
Haikou 鸚哥
Puxian Min Putian 鸚哥
Xianyou 鸚哥
Central Min Yong'an 鸚鵡
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 鸚鵡
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 鸚鵡
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 鸚鵡, 鸚哥
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 鸚鵡
Wu Shanghai 鸚哥, 鸚鵡
Shanghai (Chongming) 鸚哥
Suzhou 鸚哥
Danyang 鸚鵡
Hangzhou 鸚哥
Ningbo 鸚哥
Wenzhou 鸚鵡, 鸚哥
Jinhua 鸚鵡
Xiang Changsha 鸚鵡
Quanzhou 鸚鵡

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Dongxiang: bage
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