鳲鳩
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Chinese
turtle-dove; Turtur orientalis | |||
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trad. (鳲鳩) | 鳲 | 鳩 | |
simp. (鸤鸠) | 鸤 | 鸠 | |
alternative forms | 尸鳩 |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄐㄧㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shihjiou
- Wade–Giles: shih1-chiu1
- Yale: shr̄-jyōu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyjiou
- Palladius: шицзю (šiczju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: si1 gau1
- Yale: sī gāu
- Cantonese Pinyin: si1 gau1
- Guangdong Romanization: xi1 geo1
- Sinological IPA (key): /siː⁵⁵ kɐu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: syij kjuw
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*hli ku/
Noun
鳲鳩
- common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
- 鳲鳩在桑,其子七兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Shījiū zài sāng, qí zǐ qī xī. [Pinyin]
- The cuckoo is in the mulberry tree,
And her young ones are seven.
鸤鸠在桑,其子七兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
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