燕巢

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Chinese

		swallow (bird); surname; place name	nest
trad. (燕巢)		燕	巢
simp. ^#(燕巢)		燕	巢

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燕巢 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
Iàn-châu-khu (Southern Min)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàncháo

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin³ caau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàn-châu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàncháo
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàncháo
  - Wade–Giles: yen⁴-chʻao²
  - Yale: yàn-cháu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannchaur
  - Palladius: яньчао (janʹčao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin³ caau⁴
  - Yale: yin chàauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin³ tsaau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin³ cao⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³³ t͡sʰaːu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàn-châu
  - Tâi-lô: iàn-tsâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iernzaau
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sau²³/

Noun

燕巢

swallow's nest
(figurative) dwelling place

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (燕巢):

→ Korean: 연소(燕巢) (yeonso)
→ Vietnamese: yến sào (燕巢)

Proper noun

燕巢

(～區) Yanchao (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
燕	巢

Noun

燕巢

chữ Hán form of yến sào (“edible bird's nest”).

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