白鳥

See also: 白鸟

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	bird
trad. (白鳥)		白	鳥
simp. (白鸟)		白	鸟

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báiniǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ niu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báiniǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báiniǎo
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-niao³
  - Yale: bái-nyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairneau
  - Palladius: байняо (bajnjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báiniǎor
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báiniǎor
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-niao³-ʼrh
  - Yale: bái-nyǎur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairneaul
  - Palladius: байняор (bajnjaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ni̯aʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ niu⁵
  - Yale: baahk níuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ niu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ niu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² niːu̯¹³/

Noun

白鳥

white-feathered bird, such as swan, heron, crane
Alternative name for 蚊子 (wénzi, “mosquito”).

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	鳥
はく Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

白 (haku, “white”) +‎ 鳥 (chō, “bird”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はくちょー [hàkúchóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟̊ᵝt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

白(はく)鳥(ちょう) or 白鳥(ハクチョウ) • (hakuchō) ^{←はくてう (fakuteu) or ハクテウ (fakuteu)^?}

a swan[3] (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)

See also

白(はく)鳥(ちょう)座(ざ) (hakuchōza, “Cygnus”)
黒(コク)鳥(チョウ) (kokuchō, “black swan”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	鳥
しろ Grade: 1	とり Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Kanji in this term
白	鳥
しら Grade: 1	とり Grade: 2
kun’yomi

白 (shira, shiro, “white”) +‎ 鳥 (tori, “bird”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しらとり [shìráꜜtòrì] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
(Tokyo) しらとり [shìrátórí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕiɾa̠to̞ɾʲi]

Noun

白(しら)鳥(とり) or 白(しろ)鳥(とり) • (shiratori or shirotori)

(literal) a white-feathered bird
a swan (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)

Proper noun

白(しら)鳥(とり) • (Shiratori)

a surname

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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
白	鳥

Noun

白鳥 • (baekjo) (hangeul 백조)

Hanja form^? of 백조 (“swan”).

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