鳳凰

Chinese

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• 鳳凰 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Fenghuang (English)

Etymology

Miyake (2015) reconstructed Old Chinese pronunciation *N-prəm-s ɢʷˁɑŋ and proposed, though with uncertainty, that the mythical bird's name is the affixed form of 風皇 (“wind sovereign”).

Pronunciation

Noun

鳳凰

1. (Chinese mythology) fenghuang; the "Chinese phoenix" (Classifier: 隻／只 m)

   • 鳳皇鳴矣，於彼高岡。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     凤皇鸣矣，于彼高冈。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Fènghuáng míng yǐ, yú bǐ gāo gāng.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. phoenix

Usage notes

In modern usage, 鳳凰 is often transliterated as fenghuang in English for distinction, while phoenix is also translated literally as 不死鳥／不死鸟 (bùsǐniǎo, literally “immortal bird”) in Chinese.

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 凰鳳／凰凤

Derived terms

Proper noun

鳳凰

1. (～縣) Fenghuang (a county of Xiangxi prefecture, Hunan, China)
2. (～街道) Fenghuang (a subdistrict of Echeng district, Ezhou, Hubei, China)
3. (～鎮) Fenghuang (name of various towns in China)
   1. (～鎮) Fenghuang (a town in Xinzhou district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
   2. (～鎮) Fenghuang (a town in Wuxi, Chongqing, China)
4. (～村) Fenghuang (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)

Descendants

Japanese

 鳳凰 on Japanese Wikipedia

 鳳凰 (曖昧さ回避) on Japanese Wikipedia

 Fenghuang on Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• 鳳皇

Etymology

/pouwau/ → /ɸoːwɔː/ → /hoːɔː/ → /hoːoː/

Borrowing from Chinese 鳳凰／凤凰 (fènghuáng, literally “male fire-bird + female fire-bird”), date of borrowing unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほーお​ー (Nakadaka – )
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Noun

鳳(ほう)凰(おう) • (hōō) ^{←ほうわう (fowau)?}

1. (Chinese mythology) fenghuang: a fabled Chinese fire-bird

   Synonyms: 大鳥 (ōtori), 鳳鳥 (hōchō)

2. a style of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with a stylized fenghuang

   Hyponyms: 鳳凰丸 (hōō-maru), 桐に鳳凰 (kiri ni hōō)

3. (shogi) phoenix: a piece in 中将棋 (chū-shōgi) and larger shogi variants

Derived terms

See also

Proper noun

鳳(ほう)凰(おう) • (Hōō) ^{←ほうわう (fowau)?}

1. a type of incense
2. a place name
3. a female given name
4. a surname

Derived terms

• 鳳(ほう)凰(おう)山(さん) (Hōō-san)

References

Korean

Noun

鳳凰 • (bonghwang) (hangeul 봉황)

1. Hanja form^? of 봉황 (“Korean phoenix”).

Vietnamese

Verb

鳳凰

1. chữ Hán form of phượng hoàng (“phoenix”).