long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop |
neck | deer | ||
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trad. (長頸鹿) | 長 | 頸 | 鹿 | |
simp. (长颈鹿) | 长 | 颈 | 鹿 | |
Literally: “long-necked deer”. |
Appears to be first attested in 萬國地理全集 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.
長頸鹿
Variety | Location | Words |
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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 |