# 長頸鹿
## Chinese

* 長頸鹿

### Etymology

Appears to be first attested in 萬國地理全集 [1844] by Karl Gützlaff (Chng, 2012). Earlier names for the animal include 徂蠟／徂蜡, 麒麟 (qílín), 惡那西約／恶那西约, 祖剌法, etc.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chángjǐnglù
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄌㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng$^4$ geng$^2$ luk$^{6-2}$ / coeng$^4$ geng$^2$ luk$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhòng-kiáng-lu̍k
* Eastern Min (BUC): dòng-gêng-lĕ̤k
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tn̂g-kéng-lo̍k / tn̂g-kēng-lo̍k / tn̂g-kún-lo̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ciang$^5$ gên$^3$ dêg$^8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chángjǐnglù
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄌㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chángjǐnglù
*** Wade–Giles: chʻang$^2$-ching$^3$-lu$^4$
*** Yale: cháng-jǐng-lù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngjiingluh
*** Palladius: чанцзинлу (čanczinlu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: coeng$^4$ geng$^2$ luk$^{6-2}$ / coeng$^4$ geng$^2$ luk$^6$
*** Yale: chèuhng géng lúk / chèuhng géng luhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng$^4$ geng$^2$ luk$^{9-2}$ / tsoeng$^4$ geng$^2$ luk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cêng$^4$ géng$^2$ lug$^{6-2}$ / cêng$^4$ géng$^2$ lug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ kɛːŋ³⁵ lʊk̚²⁻³⁵/, /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ kɛːŋ³⁵ lʊk̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòng-kiáng-lu̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: cong$^ˇ$ giang$^ˋ$ lug
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cong$^2$ giang$^3$ lug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ ki̯aŋ³¹ luk̚⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dòng-gêng-lĕ̤k
*** Sinological IPA : /touŋ⁵³⁻²¹ $^{(k-)}$ŋiŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(l-)}$nˡøyʔ⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̂g-kéng-lo̍k
*** Tâi-lô: tn̂g-kíng-lo̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dngkefnglok
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔk̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: Tainan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̂g-kēng-lo̍k
*** Tâi-lô: tn̂g-kīng-lo̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dngkexnglok
*** IPA (Tainan): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ lɔk̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̂g-kún-lo̍k
*** Tâi-lô: tn̂g-kún-lo̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dngkwnlok
*** IPA (Penang): /tŋ̍²³⁻²¹ kun⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ciang$^5$ gên$^3$ dêg$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiâng kèⁿ te̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kẽ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tek̚⁴/

### Noun

長頸鹿
* giraffe (Classifier: 隻／只 m c) [from 19th c.]
** 1890, 薛福成 [Xue Fucheng], “(四月)二十三日記”, in 《出使英法義比四國日記》, volume 2, page 34:
       tóu zú rú shòu wěi rú yú qí tóu áng qǐ sì chángjǐnglù [Pinyin]
       Its head and limbs are as of a beast; its tail is as of a fish; when its head is lifted up, it resembles a giraffe

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 長頸鹿 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 長頸鹿 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 長脖兒鹿 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 長頸鹿 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 長頸鹿 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 長脖兒鹿 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 長頸鹿 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 長頸鹿 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 長頸鹿 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 長頸鹿 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 長頸鹿 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 長頸鹿仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 長頸鹿 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 長頸鹿 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 長頸鹿 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 長頸鹿 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 長頸鹿 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 長頸鹿 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 長頸鹿, 長頷鹿 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 長頸鹿 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 長頭鹿 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 長頭鹿 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 長頷鹿, 麒麟仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 長頷頸 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 長頸鹿, 長鹿仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 長頷鹿 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 躼跤鹿仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 躼跤鹿仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 麒麟鹿 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 麒麟 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 麒麟鹿 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 長頷鹿 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 長頷鹿 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 長頷鹿 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 長頷鹿 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 麒麟鹿, 長頸鹿 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 麒麟鹿, 長跤鹿, 長頸鹿 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 長頸鹿 |