比翼鳥

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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.
  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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