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”.

長頸鹿

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

  (Pinyin): chángjǐnglù

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ geng² luk^6-2, coeng⁴ geng² luk⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhòng-kiáng-lu̍k
• Eastern Min (BUC): dòng-gêng-lĕ̤k
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tn̂g-kéng-lo̍k / tn̂g-kēng-lo̍k / tn̂g-kún-lo̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciang⁵ gên³ dêg⁸

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• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ geng² luk^6-2, coeng⁴ geng² luk⁶
    • Yale: chèuhng géng lúk, chèuhng géng luhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ geng² luk^9-2, tsoeng⁴ geng² luk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ géng² lug^6-2, cêng⁴ géng² lug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ kɛːŋ³⁵ lʊk̚²⁻³⁵/, /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ kɛːŋ³⁵ lʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòng-kiáng-lu̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: congˇ giang` lug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cong² giang³ lug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ ki̯aŋ³¹ luk̚⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dòng-gêng-lĕ̤k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /touŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(k-)ŋiŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(l-)nˡøyʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̂g-kéng-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tn̂g-kíng-lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngkefnglok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̂g-kēng-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tn̂g-kīng-lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngkexnglok
    • IPA (Tainan): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ lɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̂g-kún-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tn̂g-kún-lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngkwnlok
    • IPA (Penang): /tŋ̍²³⁻²¹ kun⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciang⁵ gên³ dêg⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiâng kèⁿ te̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kẽ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tek̚⁴/

Noun

長頸鹿

1. 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:

     頭足如獸尾如魚其頭昂起似長頸鹿 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     头足如兽尾如鱼其头昂起似长颈鹿 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     tóu zú rú shòu wěi rú yú qí tóu áng qǐ sì chángjǐnglù [Pinyin]

     Its head and limbs are as of a beast; its tail is as of a fish; when its head is lifted up, it resembles a giraffe

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 長頸鹿 (“giraffe”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		長頸鹿
Taxonomic name		長頸鹿
Mandarin	Beijing	長脖兒鹿
	Taiwan	長頸鹿
	Ürümqi	長脖兒鹿
	Liuzhou	長頸鹿
	Singapore	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