長頸鹿
Chinese
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”. |

長頸鹿
Pronunciation
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 長頸鹿 (“giraffe”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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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 | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 長頸鹿 |
Pingtung (Neipu; 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 | |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 長頸鹿, 長頷鹿 |
Taipei (Wanhua) | 長頭鹿 | |
New Taipei (Tamsui) | 長頭鹿 | |
Kaohsiung | 麒麟仔 | |
Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 長頷頸 | |
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 長鹿仔 | |
Yilan | 長頷鹿 | |
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 |
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