劉海

See also: 刘海

Chinese

		Liu (Chinese surname)	ocean; sea
trad. (劉海)		劉	海
simp. (刘海)		刘	海
alternative forms		瀏海／浏海 留海

Etymology

Named after 劉海蟾, Daoist immortal usually depicted as a young man with bangs.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ hoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liû-hái
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶lieu-he

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióuhǎi
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-hai³
    • Yale: lyóu-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liouhae
    • Palladius: люхай (ljuxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (劉海兒／刘海儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúhǎir
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄏㄞˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióuhǎir
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-hai³-ʼrh
    • Yale: lyóu-hǎir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liouhaal
    • Palladius: люхайр (ljuxajr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ xɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ hoi²
    • Yale: làuh hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ hɔːi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-hái
    • Tâi-lô: liû-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liu'hae
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³⁻²² hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴⁻²² hai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶lieu-he
    • MiniDict: lieu^去 he
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lieu-he
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liɤ²² he⁴⁴/

Noun

劉海

1. fringe; bangs
2. (slang) notch on a screen (劉海屏／刘海屏)

Usage notes

The variant 留海 is sometimes proscribed.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 劉海 (“bangs; fringe”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		劉海
Mandarin	Beijing	劉海兒, 孩兒髮, 頭髮簾兒
	Taiwan	劉海
	Harbin	劉海兒
	Yantai (Muping)	刷線兒
	Jinan	劉海兒
	Luoyang	劉海兒
	Wanrong	飛毛
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	線絡
	Xi'an	劉海兒
	Yinchuan	頭髮纓子, 鬃鬃兒 Hui
	Lanzhou	劉海
	Xining	穗穗兒
	Ürümqi	穗穗子
	Wuhan	劉海
	Chengdu	披毛兒
	Chongqing	披妹兒
	Guiyang	劉海
	Guilin	劉海
	Liuzhou	劉海, 蓋髮, 纓纓
	Xuzhou	牙子, 箍 dated
	Yangzhou	劉海
	Nanjing	劉海兒箍, 劉海
	Nantong	倒箍兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	𩬎
	Hong Kong	𩬎
	Dongguan	𩬎
	Nanning	𩬎
	Wuzhou	𩬎
	Yulin	頭𩬎
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	𩬎毛
Gan	Nanchang	劉海
	Lichuan	蓮花鬚
	Pingxiang	劉海, 眉舷
Hakka	Meixian	髻翼仔
	Yudu	披髮子
Huizhou	Jixi	劉海
Jin	Taiyuan	劉海兒 adult, 馬鬃鬃 child
	Xinzhou	馬鬃子, 馬鬃
Northern Min	Jian'ou	頭髮仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	齊眉
	Fuqing	齊眉
Southern Min	Xiamen	毛𩮴
	Quanzhou	毛𩮴
	Zhangzhou	毛𩮴
	Tainan	毛𩮴
	Yingde (Yuzui)	掩仔
	Yunan (Liantan)	掩仔
	Jieyang	毛𩮴
	Leizhou	毛籬
Puxian Min	Putian	囟門遮, 烏頭髮
	Xianyou	烏頭髮
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	劉𩬎
Wu	Shanghai	劉海, 前劉海
	Shanghai (Chongming)	前頭海
	Suzhou	前劉海
	Danyang	裹搭搭
	Hangzhou	嵌髮兒
	Shaoxing	㔶絲, 全㔶絲
	Ningbo	隑絲
	Wenzhou	髧兒, 美人髧兒
Xiang	Changsha	劉環鬚
	Loudi	劉海
	Quanzhou	看髮

References

• 黃仲鳴 [Wong, Chung Ming Peter] (1997) 追蹤錯別字, Hong Kong: Sing Tao Publishing