鳥取

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See also: 鸟取

Chinese

		bird	to take; to get; to choose to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
trad. (鳥取)		鳥	取
simp. (鸟取)		鸟	取

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鳥取(とっとり) (Tottori).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Niǎoqǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): niu⁵ ceoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Niǎoqǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Niǎocyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: Niao³-chʻü³
  - Yale: Nyǎu-chyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Neaucheu
  - Palladius: Няоцюй (Njaocjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: niu⁵ ceoi²
  - Yale: níuh chéui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: niu⁵ tsoey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: niu⁵ cêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːu̯¹³ t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵/

Proper noun

鳥取

(～縣) Tottori (a prefecture of Japan)
(～市) Tottori (a city in Tottori Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鳥	取
とり > とっ Grade: 2	と(り) Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とっとり (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Proper noun

鳥(とっ)取(とり) • (Tottori)

Tottori (the capital city of Tottori Prefecture, Japan)
Tottori (a prefecture on the north west coast of Honshu, Japan)

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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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