"海歸" meaning in 漢語

See 海歸 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /hɔːi̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA], /hai̯⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku̯i⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /hai̯⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ku̯i³³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA] Forms: 海归 [Simplified-Chinese]
Etymology: 海外歸來/海外归来 (hǎiwài guīlái)的簡稱,同時與海龜/海龟 (hǎiguī)諧音。
  1. 留學或居住在海外後回國的人 Tags: neologism
    Sense id: zh-海歸-zh-noun-9ErzP2HY Categories (other): 漢語新詞
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (留學或居住在海外後回國的人): returnee (英語)
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "tǔbiē",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "土鱉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tǔbiē",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "土鳖"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話名詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「歸」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「海」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有同音詞的官話詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有同音詞的粵語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "泉漳話名詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "泉漳話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語名詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語簡稱",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語名詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "海外歸來/海外归来 (hǎiwài guīlái)的簡稱,同時與海龜/海龟 (hǎiguī)諧音。",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "海归",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "名詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "漢語新詞",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "留學或居住在海外後回國的人"
      ],
      "id": "zh-海歸-zh-noun-9ErzP2HY",
      "tags": [
        "neologism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hǎiguī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hoi² gwai¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hái-kui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hǎiguī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hǎiguei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hai³-kuei¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hǎi-gwēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "haeguei"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xajguj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "хайгуй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "海歸",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "海归",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "海龜",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "海龟",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hoi² gwai¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hói gwāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hoi² gwai¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hoi² guei¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːi̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "海歸",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "海归",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "海龜",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "海龟",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hái-kui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hái-kui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hay'kuy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai̯⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku̯i⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai̯⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ku̯i³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "留學或居住在海外後回國的人",
      "word": "returnee"
    }
  ],
  "word": "海歸"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "tǔbiē",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "土鱉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tǔbiē",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "土鳖"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "官話名詞",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「歸」的漢語詞",
    "帶「海」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有同音詞的官話詞",
    "有同音詞的粵語詞",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "泉漳話名詞",
    "泉漳話詞元",
    "漢語名詞",
    "漢語簡稱",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語名詞",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "海外歸來/海外归来 (hǎiwài guīlái)的簡稱,同時與海龜/海龟 (hǎiguī)諧音。",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "海归",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "名詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "漢語新詞"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "留學或居住在海外後回國的人"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neologism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hǎiguī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hoi² gwai¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hái-kui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hǎiguī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hǎiguei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hai³-kuei¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hǎi-gwēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "haeguei"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xajguj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "хайгуй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "海歸",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "海归",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "海龜",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "海龟",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hoi² gwai¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hói gwāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hoi² gwai¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hoi² guei¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːi̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "海歸",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "海归",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "海龜",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "海龟",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hái-kui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hái-kui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hay'kuy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai̯⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku̯i⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai̯⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ku̯i³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "留學或居住在海外後回國的人",
      "word": "returnee"
    }
  ],
  "word": "海歸"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 海歸 meaning in 漢語 (4.1kB)

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