討海
Chinese
ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry |
ocean; sea | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (討海) | 討 | 海 | |
| simp. (讨海) | 讨 | 海 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): tou2 hoi2
- Eastern Min (BUC): tō̤-*hāi
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thó-hái
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tǎohǎi [Phonetic: táohǎi]
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ ㄏㄞˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tǎohǎi
- Wade–Giles: tʻao3-hai3
- Yale: tǎu-hǎi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taohae
- Palladius: таохай (taoxaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tou2 hoi2
- Yale: tóu hói
- Cantonese Pinyin: tou2 hoi2
- Guangdong Romanization: tou2 hoi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰou̯³⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
Verb
討海
- to make one's living from the sea
- (Eastern Min, Southern Min) to catch fish; to fish
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 捕魚 (“to fish; to catch fish”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 漁 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 捕魚 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 捕魚, 打魚 |
| Singapore | 打魚, 捕魚 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 打魚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 打魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 打魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 打魚 |
| Hong Kong | 捉魚, 打魚 | |
| Taishan | 打魚 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 打魚 |
| Pingxiang | 打魚仔 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 捉魚仔, 打魚仔 |
| Yudu | 打魚子 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 打魚仔 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 打魚仔 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 打魚仔 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 打魚 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 打魚仔, 打魚 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 捉魚 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 拿魚 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 討魚, 討海 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 討海, 討魚, 討掠, 掠魚 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) | 討海, 掠魚 | |
| Quanzhou | 討海, 掠魚 | |
| Zhangzhou | 討海, 掠魚 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 掠魚 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 掠魚 | |
| Shantou | 掠魚 | |
| Xiang | Loudi | 打魚 |