# 劉海
## Chinese

* 劉海 (髮型)

### Etymology

Named after 劉海蟾, Daoist immortal usually depicted as a young man with bangs.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liúhǎi
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄏㄞˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lau$^4$ hoi$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liû-hái
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$lieu-he
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liúhǎi
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄏㄞˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lióuhǎi
*** Wade–Giles: liu$^2$-hai$^3$
*** Yale: lyóu-hǎi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liouhae
*** Palladius: люхай (ljuxaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (劉海兒／刘海儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liúhǎir
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄏㄞˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lióuhǎir
*** Wade–Giles: liu$^2$-hai$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: lyóu-hǎir
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liouhaal
*** Palladius: люхайр (ljuxajr)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ xɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lau$^4$ hoi$^2$
*** Yale: làuh hói
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lau$^4$ hoi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: leo$^4$ hoi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐu̯²¹ hɔːi̯³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-hái
*** Tâi-lô: liû-hái
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liu'hae
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³⁻²² hai⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴⁻²² hai⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$lieu-he
*** MiniDict: lieu$^去$ he
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$lieu-he
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liɤ²² he⁴⁴/

### Noun

劉海
* fringe; bangs
* (slang) notch on a screen (劉海屏／刘海屏)

#### Usage notes

The variant 留海 is sometimes proscribed.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 劉海 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 劉海兒, 孩兒髮, 頭髮簾兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 劉海 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 劉海兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 劉海兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 刷線兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 劉海兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 飛毛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 線絡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 劉海兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 穗穗兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 牙子, 箍 dated |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 頭髮纓子, 鬃鬃兒 Hui |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 劉海 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 穗穗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 披毛兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 披妹兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 劉海 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 劉海 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 劉海 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 劉海, 蓋髮, 纓纓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 劉海兒箍, 劉海 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 劉海 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 倒箍兒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 𩬎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 𩬎 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 𩬎 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 𩬎 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 𩬎 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 頭𩬎 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 𩬎毛 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 劉海 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 蓮花鬚 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 劉海, 眉舷 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 髻翼仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 披髮子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 劉海 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 劉海兒 adult, 馬鬃鬃 child |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 馬鬃子, 馬鬃 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 頭髮仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 齊眉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 齊眉 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 毛𩮴 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 毛𩮴 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 毛𩮴 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 毛𩮴 |
| Southern Min | Yingde (Yuzui) | 掩仔 |
| Southern Min | Yunan (Liantan) | 掩仔 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 毛𩮴 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 毛籬 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 囟門遮, 烏頭髮 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 烏頭髮 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 劉𩬎 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 劉海, 前劉海 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 前頭海 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 前劉海 |
| Wu | Danyang | 裹搭搭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 嵌髮兒 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 㔶絲, 全㔶絲 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 隑絲 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 髧兒, 美人髧兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 劉環鬚 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 劉海 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 看髮 |

### References

* 黃仲鳴 [Wong, Chung Ming Peter] (1997) 追蹤錯別字, Hong Kong: Sing Tao Publishing