海燕

Chinese

		ocean; sea	swallow (bird); surname; place name
trad. (海燕)		海	燕
simp. #(海燕)		海	燕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎiyàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² jin³
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hai³ eng⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-iàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎiyàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎiyàn
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-yen⁴
    • Yale: hǎi-yàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeyann
    • Palladius: хайянь (xajjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² jin³
    • Yale: hói yin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² jin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² yin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ jiːn³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hai³ eng⁴ [Phonetic: hai⁵ eng⁴]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hâi-e̍ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hai⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ɛŋ⁴²/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hai³ eng⁴ [Phonetic: hai⁵ eng⁴]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hai³³²⁻²¹ ɛŋ⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-iàn
    • Tâi-lô: hái-iàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hayiexn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɛn²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iɛn⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɛn²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɛn¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɛn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: xojX 'enH

Rime
Character	海	燕
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	呼改切	於甸切
Baxter	xojX	'enH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʌiX/	/ʔenH/
Pan Wuyun	/həiX/	/ʔenH/
Shao Rongfen	/xɒiX/	/ʔɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/həjX/	/ʔɛnH/
Li Rong	/xᴀiX/	/ʔenH/
Wang Li	/xɒiX/	/ienH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xɑ̆iX/	/ʔienH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hǎi	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hoi2	jin3

Noun

海燕

1. any of the northern storm petrels (Hydrobatidae)
2. (literary) swallow

References

• “海燕”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 37.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
海	燕
うみ Grade: 2	つばめ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
海燕 (kyūjitai)

Noun

海(うみ)燕(つばめ) • (umi tsubame) 

1. storm petrel, a seabird of the family Hydrobatidae

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
海	燕
かい Grade: 2	えん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
海燕 (kyūjitai)

Noun

海(かい)燕(えん) • (kaien) 

1. synonym of 海燕 (umi tsubame, “storm petrel, a seabird of the family Hydrobatidae”)
2. synonym of 糸巻海星 (itomaki hitode, “blue bat star (Patiria pectinifera)”)
3. synonym of 蛸の枕 (tako no makura, “Japanese sea biscuit (Clypeaster japonicus)”)

References

• “〈海^▲燕〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025