鸚哥

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See also: 鹦哥

Chinese

elder brother
trad. (鸚哥) 鸚 哥
simp. (鹦哥) 鹦 哥
alternative forms 鸚歌／鹦歌

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

鸚哥

  1. (colloquial) parrot; parakeet

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鸚鵡 (“parrot”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 鸚鵡, 能言鳥
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 鸚鵡
Mandarin Beijing 鸚哥兒, 鸚鵡
Taiwan 鸚鵡
Langfang 鸚鵡兒
Tangshan 鸚鵡
Cangzhou 鸚鵡
Baoding 鸚哥兒
Shijiazhuang 鸚哥兒
Daming 鸚哥兒
Harbin 鸚哥兒
Yantai (Muping) 鸚鵡兒
Jinan 鸚哥, 鸚鵡
Luoyang 鸚鵡
Wanrong 鸚哥兒
Zhengzhou 鸚哥兒
Xi'an 鸚哥兒
Yinchuan 鸚哥
Lanzhou 鸚哥
Xining 鸚哥兒
Ürümqi 鸚哥兒
Wuhan 鸚鵡, 鸚哥
Chengdu 鸚鸚兒
Guiyang 鸚哥
Guilin 鸚鵡
Liuzhou 鸚鵡, 鸚鵡鳥
Xuzhou 鸚鵡
Yangzhou 鸚哥
Nanjing 鸚鵡
Singapore 鸚鵡
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 鸚哥兒, 八哥兒
Cantonese Guangzhou 鸚哥
Hong Kong 鸚鵡
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 鸚鵡
Macau 鸚鵡
Guangzhou (Panyu) 鸚哥
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 鸚鵡
Guangzhou (Conghua) 鸚鵡
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 鸚鵡
Foshan 鸚鵡
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 鸚鵡
Foshan (Shunde) 鸚鵡
Foshan (Sanshui) 鸚鵡
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 鸚鵡
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 鸚鵡
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 鸚鵡
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 鸚鵡
Zhuhai (Doumen) 鸚鵡
Jiangmen (Baisha) 鸚鵡
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 鸚鵡
Taishan 鸚鵡
Kaiping (Chikan) 鸚鵡
Enping (Niujiang) 鸚鵡
Heshan (Yayao) 鸚鵡
Dongguan 鸚鵡
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 鸚鵡
Qingyuan 鸚鵡
Fogang 鸚鵡
Yingde (Hanguang) 鸚鵡
Yangshan 鸚鵡
Lianshan (Butian) 鸚鵡
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 鸚鵡
Shaoguan 鸚鵡
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 鸚鵡
Renhua 鸚鵡
Lechang 鸚鵡
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 鸚哥
Sihui 鸚鵡
Guangning 鸚鵡
Deqing 鸚鵡
Huaiji 鸚鵡
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 鸚鵡
Yunfu 鸚鵡
Xinxing 鸚哥
Luoding 鷯哥
Yunan (Pingtai) 鸚鵡
Xinyi 鸚鵡
Lianjiang 鸚鵡
Nanning 鸚哥, 鸚鵡
Wuzhou 鸚鵡
Yulin 鸚鵡
Hepu (Lianzhou) 鸚哥
Gan Nanchang 鸚哥
Pengze 鸚鵡
Lichuan 鸚鵡
Pingxiang 鸚鵡, 鸚哥
Liuyang 鸚鵡鳥哩
Hakka Meixian 鸚鵡
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 鸚鵡
Huidong (Daling) 鸚鵡
Dongguan (Qingxi) 鸚鵡
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 鸚鵡
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 鸚鵡
Conghua (Lütian) 鸚鵡
Changting 鸚哥
Wuping 鵡溜子
Wuping (Pingyu) 鸚鵡
Liancheng 鸚鵡
Yudu 鸚鵡鳥子
Ruijin 鸚鵡
Shicheng 鸚鵡
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 鸚哥
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 鸚哥
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 鸚哥
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 鸚哥
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 鸚哥
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 鸚哥
Luchuan (Daqiao) 鸚鵡
Jin Taiyuan 八哥
Pingyao 鸚鵝兒, 八哥兒
Xinzhou 鸚鵡
Hohhot 鸚鵡
Zhangjiakou 鸚鵡
Handan 鸚鵡
Northern Min Jian'ou 鸚鵡
Eastern Min Fuzhou 鸚哥
Fuqing 鸚哥
Southern Min Xiamen 鸚哥
Quanzhou 鸚哥
Zhangzhou 鸚哥
Taipei 鸚哥
New Taipei (Sanxia) 鸚哥
Kaohsiung 鸚哥
Yilan 鸚哥
Changhua (Lukang) 鸚哥
Taichung 鸚哥
Taichung (Wuqi) 鸚哥
Tainan 鸚哥
Taitung 鸚哥
Hsinchu 鸚哥
Kinmen 鸚哥鳥
Penghu (Magong) 鸚哥
Penang (Hokkien) 鸚哥
Singapore (Hokkien) 鸚哥
Pingnan (Shangdu) 鸚鵡
Shantou 鸚哥
Jieyang 鸚哥
Leizhou 鸚哥鳥
Haikou 鸚哥
Puxian Min Putian 鸚哥
Xianyou 鸚哥
Central Min Yong'an 鸚鵡
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 鸚鵡
Sanxiang 鸚鵡
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 鸚鵡, 鸚哥
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 鸚鵡
Wu Shanghai 鸚哥, 鸚鵡
Shanghai (Chongming) 鸚哥
Suzhou 鸚哥
Danyang 鸚鵡
Hangzhou 鸚哥
Ningbo 鸚哥
Wenzhou 鸚鵡, 鸚哥
Jinhua 鸚鵡
Xiang Changsha 鸚鵡
Quanzhou 鸚鵡

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鸚哥):
  • → Japanese: 鸚(いん)哥(こ) (inko) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Korean: 앵가(鸚哥) (aengga)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鸚 哥
いん
Hyōgaiji 		こ
Hyōgaiji
tōon
 インコ on Japanese Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

鸚(いん)哥(こ) or 鸚哥(インコ) • (inko) 

  1. a parrot or parakeet

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