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八哥

八哥

Chinese

		eight; 8	elder brother
simp. and trad. (八哥)		八	哥

Noun

八哥

(colloquial) myna bird

Synonyms

鴝鵒／鸲鹆

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic بَبَّغَاء ‎(babbaḡāʾ, “parrot”) (Luo, 1950).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): bāgē

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄍㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ go¹
Min Nan (POJ): pat-ko

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: bāgē → bāge (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄍㄜ → ㄅㄚㄍㄜ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba.ge
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/ → /pa̠⁵⁵ g̊ə²/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: bāgēr
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄍㄜㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bagel
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵ kɤɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baat³ go¹
  - Yale: baat gō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ go¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑːt̚³ kɔː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pat-ko
  - Tâi-lô: pat-ko
  - Phofsit Daibuun: patkoy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ kɤ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pat̚⁵⁻²⁴ kɤ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pat̚³²⁻⁵ kɤ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ ko⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ kɤ⁴⁴/