# 八哥
## Chinese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ, “parrot”) (Luo, 1950).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bāgē
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄍㄜ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baat$^3$ go$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): bah$^4$ ge$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pat-ko
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$paq-ku
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bāgē → bāge (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄍㄜ → ㄅㄚ ˙ㄍㄜ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bage̊
*** Wade–Giles: pa$^1$-ko$^5$
*** Yale: bā-ge
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba.ge
*** Palladius: багэ (bagɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pä⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/ → /pä⁵⁵ g̊ə²/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (八哥兒／八哥儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bāgēr
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄍㄜㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bager
*** Wade–Giles: pa$^1$-ko$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: bā-gēr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bage'l
*** Palladius: багэр (bagɛr)
*** Sinological IPA : /pä⁵⁵ kɤɻ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baat$^3$ go$^1$
*** Yale: baat gō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baat$^8$ go$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bad$^3$ go$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːt̚³ kɔː⁵⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: bah$^4$ ge$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /paʔ²⁻⁵⁴ kɤ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pat-ko
*** Tâi-lô: pat-ko
*** Phofsit Daibuun: patkoy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ ko⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pat̚⁵⁻²⁴ ko³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pat̚³²⁻⁵ ko⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ ko⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ kɤ⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$paq-ku
*** MiniDict: pah$^入$ ku
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$paq-ku
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /paʔ³³ ku⁴⁴/

### Noun

八哥
* (colloquial) myna bird (Acridotheres)
* (Jin) parrot

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 鴝鵒 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鴝鵒, 八哥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 八哥兒, 八八兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 八哥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 八哥兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 八哥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 八哥 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 八哥 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 八哥兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 八哥兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 八哥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 八哥兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 八哥兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 八哥兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 八哥兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 八哥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 八哥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 八哥兒, 黑八兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 八哥, 八哥兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 八哥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 八兒, 八哥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 八哥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 八哥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 八哥, 八哥鳥, 鷯哥 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 八哥 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 八哥子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 八哥子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 鷯哥仔 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 釣哥 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 鷯哥, 鷯仔 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 鷯哥, 八哥 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 阿鷯 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Ipoh (Guangfu) | 八哥 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 八哥, 鷯哥 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 八哥子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 八兒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 哵哵鳥仔, 哵哵鳥, 哵哵仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 烏鷯哥 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 鷯哥 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 鷯哥 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 鷯哥 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 鷯哥 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 鷯哥 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 鷯哥 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 烏葉子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 白翼仔, 烏鷯 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 白翼仔, 烏鷯 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 白翼仔, 烏鷯 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 白翼, 烏鷯, 烏鷯哥 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 白翼仔, 烏鷯仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 八哥鳥 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 鷯哥 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 鷯哥 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 鷯哥 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 烏鷯哥 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 八哥 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 八哥 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 八哥兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 八八仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 化化 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 八八 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鵁鴒 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 鵁鴒, 烏肉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鵁鴒 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 鵁鴒 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 鵁鴒 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 鵁鴒 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 鵁鴒 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 鵁鴒 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 鵁鴒 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 鵁鴒 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 鵁鴒 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 鵁鴒 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 鵁鴒 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鵁鴒 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 鵁鴒 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 鷯哥 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 鷯哥 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 鷯哥 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 鷯哥 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 鳥哥仔 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 鷯哥 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鷯哥 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鷯哥, 把巴 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 鷯哥 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 八哥 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 八哥 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 八哥 |
| Wu | Danyang | 八哥 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 八哥兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 八哥 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 八哥兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 八哥兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 八哥子 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 八樂子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 哵哵唧 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 牛阿八, 阿八 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 八哥鳥 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 鸚鵡, 能言鳥 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鸚鵡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 鸚哥兒, 鸚鵡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 鸚鵡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 鸚鵡兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 鸚哥兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 鸚鵡 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 鸚鵡 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 鸚鵡 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 鸚哥兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 鸚哥兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 鸚哥, 鸚鵡 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 鸚鵡兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 鸚鵡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 鸚哥兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 鸚哥兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 鸚哥兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 鸚哥兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 鸚哥兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 鸚鵡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 鸚哥兒, 八哥兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 鸚哥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 鸚哥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 鸚哥兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 鸚鸚兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 鸚鵡, 鸚哥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 鸚哥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 鸚鵡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 鸚鵡, 鸚鵡鳥 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 鸚鵡 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 鸚哥 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鸚哥 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 鸚哥 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 鸚哥 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 鸚哥 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 鷯哥 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 鸚哥, 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 鸚鵡 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 鸚哥 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 鸚哥 |
| Gan | Pengze | 鸚鵡 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 鸚鵡 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 鸚鵡, 鸚哥 |
| Gan | Liuyang | 鸚鵡鳥哩 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鸚鵡 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 鸚鵡 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 鸚鵡 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 鸚鵡 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 鸚鵡 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 鸚鵡 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 鸚鵡 |
| Hakka | Changting | 鸚哥 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 鵡溜子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 鸚鵡 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 鸚鵡 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 鸚鵡鳥子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 鸚鵡 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 鸚鵡 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鸚哥 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鸚哥 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鸚哥 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鸚哥 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鸚哥 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鸚哥 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 鸚鵡 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 八哥 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 鸚鵝兒, 八哥兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 鸚鵡 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 鸚鵡 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 鸚鵡 |
| Jin | Handan | 鸚鵡 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鸚鵡 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鸚哥 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 鸚哥 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鸚哥 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 鸚哥 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 鸚哥 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鸚哥 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 鸚哥 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 鸚哥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 鸚哥 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 鸚哥 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 鸚哥 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 鸚哥 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 鸚哥 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 鸚哥 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 鸚哥 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 鸚哥 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 鸚哥鳥 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 鸚哥 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鸚哥 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 鸚哥 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 鸚鵡 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 鸚哥 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 鸚哥 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 鸚哥鳥 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鸚哥 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 鸚哥 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 鸚哥 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 鸚鵡 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 鸚鵡 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 鸚鵡 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鸚鵡, 鸚哥 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 鸚鵡 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 鸚哥, 鸚鵡 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 鸚哥 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 鸚哥 |
| Wu | Danyang | 鸚鵡 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 鸚哥 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 鸚哥 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鸚鵡, 鸚哥 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 鸚鵡 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鸚鵡 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 鸚鵡 |

#### Derived terms

* 家八哥 (jiābāgē)

#### Descendants

* → Dongxiang: bage