鳥語

See also: 鸟语, 烏語, and 乌语

Chinese

		bird	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (鳥語)		鳥	語
simp. (鸟语)		鸟	语

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niǎoyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): niu⁵ jyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niǎoyǔ [Phonetic: niáoyǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: niǎoyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: niao³-yü³
  - Yale: nyǎu-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neauyeu
  - Palladius: няоюй (njaojuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    鳥羽／鸟羽
    鳥語／鸟语
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niǎoryǔ [Phonetic: niáoryǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇㄦㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: niǎoryǔ
  - Wade–Giles: niao³-ʼrh-yü³
  - Yale: nyǎur-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neaulyeu
  - Palladius: няорюй (njaorjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯aʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: niu⁵ jyu⁵
  - Yale: níuh yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: niu⁵ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: niu⁵ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːu̯¹³ jyː¹³/

Noun

鳥語

“speech” (calling) of the birds
(figurative, archaic, derogatory) speech or language of foreign non-Han peoples
(figurative, colloquial, derogatory) unintelligible speech; unintelligible language
(figurative, derogatory) Southern Chinese dialects
(figurative, derogatory) English

Derived terms

花香鳥語／花香鸟语
鳥語花香／鸟语花香 (niǎoyǔhuāxiāng)

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