海賊

See also: 海贼

Chinese

		ocean; sea	thief
trad. (海賊)		海	賊
simp. (海贼)		海	贼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎizéi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄗㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² caak⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hói-chhe̍t
Eastern Min (BUC): hāi-*chĕk
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hái-chha̍t

(Teochew, Peng'im): hai² cag⁸

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): hai² cag⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎizéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄗㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎizéi
  - Wade–Giles: hai³-tsei²
  - Yale: hǎi-dzéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haetzeir
  - Palladius: хайцзэй (xajczɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡seɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi² caak⁶
  - Yale: hói chaahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² tsaak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi² cag⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ t͡sʰaːk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hói-chhe̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: hoi^ˋ ced
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hoi³ ced⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /hoi̯³¹ t͡sʰet̚⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hāi-*chĕk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hai³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰɛiʔ⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-chha̍t
  - Tâi-lô: hái-tsha̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hayzhat
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰat̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰat̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰat̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hai² cag⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hái tsha̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hai⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰak̚⁴/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: hai² cag⁸
  - Sinological IPA: /hai³¹ t͡sʰak̚²/

Noun

海賊

pirate
- 六月，海賊犯長樂松下，居民禦之，退。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  六月，海贼犯长乐松下，居民御之，退。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 《海濱大事記》
  Liùyuè, hǎizéi fàn Chánglè Sōngxià, jūmín yù zhī, tuì. [Pinyin]
  In the sixth month, pirates attacked Songxia, Changle. The inhabitants defended against them. [The pirates] retreated.
(Eastern Min) bad person

Synonyms

(pirate):

Dialectal synonyms of 海盜 (“pirate”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		海盜
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	海盜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	海賊
Cantonese	Hong Kong	海盜
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	海賊
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	海賊
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	海賊
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	海賊
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	海賊
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	海賊
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	海賊
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	海賊
Southern Min	Xiamen	海賊, 海匪
	Quanzhou	海賊
	Zhangzhou	海賊
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	海賊
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	海賊
	Tainan	海賊
	Tainan (Anping)	海賊
	Penghu (Xiyu)	海賊
	Leizhou	海賊
	Haikou	海賊
Wu	Wenzhou	海賊

(bad person):

edit

兇徒／凶徒 (xiōngtú)
壞人／坏人 (huàirén)
壞人子／坏人子 (fai⁵ ren² zr) (Xiang)
壞分子／坏分子 (huàifènzǐ)
壞蛋／坏蛋 (huàidàn) (derogatory)
姦人／奸人 (jiānrén)
孬人 (mo² nang⁵) (Teochew)
宄 (guǐ) (literary)
惡人／恶人 (èrén)
惡徒／恶徒 (ètú)
拐家伙 (guai³ jia¹ ho) (Xiang)
歹人 (dǎirén)
歹囝 (Hokkien)
歹徒 (dǎitú)
衰人 (seoi¹ jan⁴) (Cantonese)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (海賊):

→ Japanese: 海賊(かいぞく) (kaizoku)
→ Korean: 해적(海賊) (haejeok)
→ Vietnamese: hải tặc (海賊)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	賊
かい Grade: 2	ぞく Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
海賊 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かいぞく [kàízókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠izo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

海(かい)賊(ぞく) • (kaizoku)

pirate (one who plunders at sea)
- 1998 April 3, Eiichiro Oda, “第(だい)10(じゅう)話(わ)　酒(さか)場(ば)の一(いっ)件(けん) [Chapter 10: The Incident at the Bar]”, in One Piece, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, pages 43–44:
  
  私(わたし)は非(ひ)道(どう)な海(かい)賊(ぞく)と同(どう)類(るい)にはなりたくなかったから‼　私(わたし)の大(たい)切(せつ)な人(ひと)の命(いのち)を奪(うば)った　大(だい)嫌(きら)いな海(かい)賊(ぞく)と同(どう)類(るい)には…‼
  Watashi wa hidō na kaizoku to dōrui ni wa naritaku nakatta kara‼ Watashi no taisetsu na hito no inochi o ubatta daikirai na kaizoku to dōrui ni wa…‼
  Because I don't want to be like cruel pirates!! Like hateful pirates who took the life of my dear one...!!

Derived terms

海(かい)賊(ぞく)船(せん) (kaizokusen)
海(かい)賊(ぞく)版(ばん) (kaizokuban)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
海	賊

Noun

海賊 • (haejeok) (hangeul 해적)

hanja form^? of 해적 (“pirate”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
海	賊

Noun

海賊

chữ Hán form of hải tặc (“pirate”).

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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