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

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
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɛn¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɛn²¹/

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	/hʌi^X/	/ʔen^H/
Pan Wuyun	/həi^X/	/ʔen^H/
Shao Rongfen	/xɒi^X/	/ʔɛn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/həj^X/	/ʔɛn^H/
Li Rong	/xᴀi^X/	/ʔen^H/
Wang Li	/xɒi^X/	/ien^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xɑ̆i^X/	/ʔien^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hǎi	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hoi²	jin³

Noun

海燕

any of the northern storm petrels (Hydrobatidae)
(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
(kyūjitai)

Noun

海(うみ)燕(つばめ) • (umi tsubame)

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
(kyūjitai)

Noun

海(かい)燕(えん) • (kaien)

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