長頸鹿
Chinese
long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop |
neck | deer | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (長頸鹿) | 長 | 頸 | 鹿 | |
| simp. (长颈鹿) | 长 | 颈 | 鹿 | |
| Literally: “long-necked deer”. | ||||
Etymology
Appears to be first attested in 萬國地理全集 [1844] by Karl Gützlaff (Chng, 2012). Earlier names for the animal include 徂蠟／徂蜡, 麒麟 (qílín), 惡那西約／恶那西约, 祖剌法, etc.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng4 geng2 luk6-2 / coeng4 geng2 luk6
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): dòng-gêng-lĕ̤k
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chángjǐnglù
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄌㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chángjǐnglù
- Wade–Giles: chʻang2-ching3-lu4
- Yale: cháng-jǐng-lù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngjiingluh
- Palladius: чанцзинлу (čanczinlu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: coeng4 geng2 luk6-2 / coeng4 geng2 luk6
- Yale: chèuhng géng lúk / chèuhng géng luhk
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng4 geng2 luk9-2 / tsoeng4 geng2 luk9
- Guangdong Romanization: cêng4 géng2 lug6-2 / cêng4 géng2 lug6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ kɛːŋ³⁵ lʊk̚²⁻³⁵/, /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ kɛːŋ³⁵ lʊk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòng-kiáng-lu̍k
- Hakka Romanization System: congˇ giangˋ lug
- Hagfa Pinyim: cong2 giang3 lug6
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ ki̯aŋ³¹ luk̚⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: chong giangˊ lugˋ
- Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰoŋ⁵⁵ kiaŋ²⁴⁻³³ luk²/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̂g-kéng-lo̍k
- Tâi-lô: tn̂g-kíng-lo̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: dngkefnglok
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Tainan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̂g-kēng-lo̍k
- Tâi-lô: tn̂g-kīng-lo̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: dngkexnglok
- Sinological IPA (Tainan): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ lɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̂g-kún-lo̍k
- Tâi-lô: tn̂g-kún-lo̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: dngkwnlok
- Sinological IPA (Penang): /tŋ̍²³⁻²¹ kun⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ lɔk̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ciang5 gên3 dêg8
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiâng kèⁿ te̍k
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kẽ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tek̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Noun
長頸鹿
- giraffe (Classifier: 隻／只 m c) [from 19th c.]
- 1890, 薛福成 [Xue Fucheng], “(四月)二十三日記”, in 《出使英法義比四國日記》, volume 2, page 34:
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 長頸鹿 (“giraffe”) [map]