信天翁
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Chinese
letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence |
day; sky; heaven | elderly person | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (信天翁) | 信 | 天 | 翁 | |
| simp. #(信天翁) | 信 | 天 | 翁 | |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): xìntiānwēng
- (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄥ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): seon3 tin1 jung1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sìn-thian-ong
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xìntiānwēng
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sìntianwong
- Wade–Giles: hsin4-tʻien1-wêng1
- Yale: syìn-tyān-wēng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinntianueng
- Palladius: синьтяньвэн (sinʹtjanʹvɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕin⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ wəŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: seon3 tin1 jung1
- Yale: seun tīn yūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: soen3 tin1 jung1
- Guangdong Romanization: sên3 tin1 yung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵn³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ jʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-thian-ong
- Tâi-lô: sìn-thian-ong
- Phofsit Daibuun: sientien'ofng
- IPA (Xiamen): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰiɛn³³ ɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /sin¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
信天翁
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 信 | 天 | 翁 |
| あほうどり | ||
| Grade: 4 | Grade: 1 | Grade: S |
| jukujikun | ||
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 阿呆鳥 阿房鳥 |
Compound of 阿呆 (ahō, “fool”) + 鳥 (tori, “bird”). The tori changes to dori as an instance of rendaku (連濁). The bird's Japanese name referred to its insular habits making it more trusting towards land predators who killed and ate them, such as humans.
The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 信天翁 (xìntiānwēng).
Pronunciation
Noun
信天翁 or 信天翁 • (ahōdori) ←あはうどり (afaudori) or アハウドリ (afaudori)?
- an albatross, especially the short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 信 | 天 | 翁 |
| しん Grade: 4 |
てん Grade: 1 |
おう Grade: S |
| on'yomi | kan'on | |
Possibly a borrowing from Chinese 信天翁 (xìntiānwēng).
Compare Hokkien 信天翁 (sìn-thian-ong).
Pronunciation
Noun
信天翁 • (shinten'ō) ←しんてんをう (sinten'wou)?
- (rare) an albatross, especially the short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
| Hanja in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 信 | 天 | 翁 |