比翼鳥

Chinese

		to fly wing to wing	bird
trad. (比翼鳥)		比翼	鳥
simp. (比翼鸟)		比翼	鸟

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǐyìniǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄧˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² jik⁶ niu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǐyìniǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄧˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǐyìniǎo
  - Wade–Giles: pi³-i⁴-niao³
  - Yale: bǐ-yì-nyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biiyihneau
  - Palladius: бииняо (biinjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei² jik⁶ niu⁵
  - Yale: béi yihk níuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei² jik⁹ niu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi² yig⁶ niu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ jɪk̚² niːu̯¹³/

Noun

比翼鳥

(Chinese mythology) legendary bird flying in pairs
(figurative) devoted couple; inseparable friends
- 在天願作比翼鳥，在地願為連理枝。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  在天愿作比翼鸟，在地愿为连理枝。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: 806 CE, Bai Juyi, Song of Everlasting Regret
  Zài tiān yuàn zuò bǐyìniǎo, zài dì yuàn wèi liánlǐ zhī. [Pinyin]
  In the heavens, we vow to be as two birds flying wingtip to wingtip, on earth, we vow to be as two intertwined branches of a tree.

Synonyms

鶼鶼／鹣鹣 (jiānjiān)

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