鳴鳩

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Chinese

to cry (of birds) turtle-dove; Turtur orientalis
trad. (鳴鳩)
simp. (鸣鸠)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (28)
Final () (111) (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter mjaeng kjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠiæŋ/ /kɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚiaŋ/ /kiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/miaŋ/ /kiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/miajŋ/ /kuw/
Li
Rong
/miɐŋ/ /kiu/
Wang
Li
/mĭɐŋ/ /kĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯ɐŋ/ /ki̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
míng jiū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ming4 gau1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
míng jiū
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjæng › ‹ kjuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*m.reŋ/ /*(r)u/
English cry (of birds or animals) (a kind of bird)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 9216 6939
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mreŋ/ /*ku/

Noun

鳴鳩

  1. (Classical) turtledove

Synonyms