鳴鳥

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See also: 鸣鸟

Chinese

		to cry (of birds)	bird
trad. (鳴鳥)		鳴	鳥
simp. (鸣鸟)		鸣	鸟

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míngniǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míngniǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míngniǎo
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-niao³
  - Yale: míng-nyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingneau
  - Palladius: минняо (minnjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

鳴鳥

songbird

Synonyms

鳴禽／鸣禽 (míngqín)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鳴	鳥
めい Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めーちょー (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

鳴(めい)鳥(ちょう) • (meichō) ^{←めいてい (meitei)^?}

songbird
日本三(にほんさん)鳴鳥(めいちょう)
nihon san-meichō
the Japanese songbird trio (ウグイス (“Japanese bush warbler”), コマドリ (“Japanese robin”), オオルリ (“blue-and-white flycatcher”))

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鳴	鳥
な(き) Grade: 2	とり > どり Grade: 2
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 鳴鳥 – see the following entry: なきどり

(The following entry is uncreated: なきどり.)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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