"海歸" meaning in Chinese

See 海歸 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /hɔːi̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kui³³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/, /hɔːi̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/, /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kui³³/, /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: hǎiguī [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄟ [Mandarin, bopomofo], hoi² gwai¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hái-kui, hǎiguī [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄏㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄟ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], hǎiguei [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], hai³-kuei¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], hǎi-gwēi [Mandarin, Yale, standard], haeguei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], хайгуй [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], xajguj [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], hoi² gwai¹ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], hói gwāi [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], hoi² gwai¹ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], hoi² guei¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], hái-kui [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], hái-kui [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], hay'kuy [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 海归
Etymology: Short for 海外歸來/海外归来 (hǎiwài guīlái) and homophonic pun of 海龜/海龟 (hǎiguī). Etymology templates: {{zh-etym-short|海外|歸來}} Short for 海外歸來/海外归来 (hǎiwài guīlái), {{zh-l|海龜}} 海龜/海龟 (hǎiguī) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 海歸
  1. (neologism) haigui; an overseas returnee; one who has studied/lived overseas and returned to China Tags: neologism
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "tǔbiē",
      "word": "土鱉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tǔbiē",
      "word": "土鳖"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "海外",
        "2": "歸來"
      },
      "expansion": "Short for 海外歸來/海外归来 (hǎiwài guīlái)",
      "name": "zh-etym-short"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "海龜"
      },
      "expansion": "海龜/海龟 (hǎiguī)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Short for 海外歸來/海外归来 (hǎiwài guīlái) and homophonic pun of 海龜/海龟 (hǎiguī).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "海归",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "海歸",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese neologisms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "haigui; an overseas returnee; one who has studied/lived overseas and returned to China"
      ],
      "id": "en-海歸-zh-noun-~nWeKAWb",
      "links": [
        [
          "haigui",
          "haigui"
        ],
        [
          "overseas",
          "overseas"
        ],
        [
          "returnee",
          "returnee"
        ],
        [
          "studied",
          "study"
        ],
        [
          "lived",
          "live"
        ],
        [
          "returned",
          "return"
        ],
        [
          "China",
          "China"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(neologism) haigui; an overseas returnee; one who has studied/lived overseas and returned to China"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neologism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎiguī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi² gwai¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hái-kui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎiguī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎiguei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hai³-kuei¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎi-gwēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haeguei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хайгуй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xajguj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi² gwai¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hói gwāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi² gwai¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi² guei¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːi̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hái-kui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hái-kui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hay'kuy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kui³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːi̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kui³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "海歸"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "tǔbiē",
      "word": "土鱉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tǔbiē",
      "word": "土鳖"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "海外",
        "2": "歸來"
      },
      "expansion": "Short for 海外歸來/海外归来 (hǎiwài guīlái)",
      "name": "zh-etym-short"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "海龜"
      },
      "expansion": "海龜/海龟 (hǎiguī)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Short for 海外歸來/海外归来 (hǎiwài guīlái) and homophonic pun of 海龜/海龟 (hǎiguī).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "海归",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "海歸",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese nouns",
        "Cantonese terms with homophones",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese neologisms",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese short forms",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 歸",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 海",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien nouns",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with homophones",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "haigui; an overseas returnee; one who has studied/lived overseas and returned to China"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "haigui",
          "haigui"
        ],
        [
          "overseas",
          "overseas"
        ],
        [
          "returnee",
          "returnee"
        ],
        [
          "studied",
          "study"
        ],
        [
          "lived",
          "live"
        ],
        [
          "returned",
          "return"
        ],
        [
          "China",
          "China"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(neologism) haigui; an overseas returnee; one who has studied/lived overseas and returned to China"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neologism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎiguī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi² gwai¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hái-kui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎiguī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎiguei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hai³-kuei¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎi-gwēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haeguei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хайгуй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xajguj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi² gwai¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hói gwāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi² gwai¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi² guei¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːi̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hái-kui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hái-kui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hay'kuy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kui³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːi̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kui³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "海歸"
}

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