翠鳥

Chinese

		bluish-green; green jade	bird
trad. (翠鳥)		翠	鳥
simp. (翠鸟)		翠	鸟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuìniǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi³ niu⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhùi-niáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuìniǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuèiniǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻui⁴-niao³
    • Yale: tswèi-nyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsueyneau
    • Palladius: цуйняо (cujnjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi³ niu⁵
    • Yale: cheui níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey³ niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu³ niu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯³³ niːu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhùi-niáu
    • Tâi-lô: tshuì-niáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuieniao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁵³ niãu⁵³/

Noun

翠鳥

1. kingfisher

Synonyms

• 魚狗／鱼狗 (yúgǒu)
• 魚虎／鱼虎 (yúhǔ)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 翠鳥 (“kingfisher”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		翠, 翡, 翡翠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		翠鳥
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	翠鳥, 魚狗
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	翠雀, 釣魚郎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	釣魚郎
Gan	Pingxiang	翠翠鳥
Hakka	Meixian	翠仔, 官翠仔
	Xingning	羊牯翠
	Huidong (Daling)	官翠
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	官翠
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	翠鳥
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	青翠
	Changting	翠哩
	Wuping	沙鰍鑽
	Liancheng	翠鳥
	Yudu	翠子
	Ruijin	翠子
	Shicheng	翠子
	Shangyou (Shexi)	取子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	翡翠
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	翡翠
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	翡翠
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	翡翠
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	翡翠
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	翡翠
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	翠毛鳥
Southern Min	Xiamen	釣魚翁
	Zhangzhou	釣魚翁
	Tainan	釣魚翁 GT
	Shantou	釘魚鳥, 釘魚獅鳥
	Shantou (Chenghai)	釘魚鳥
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	釘魚鳥
	Jieyang	釘魚鳥, 釘魚獅
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	釣魚公
Wu	Wenzhou	青翠, 翠花鳥
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

• 笑翠鳥／笑翠鸟 (xiàocuìniǎo)