夜鷹

Chinese

		night	eagle; falcon; hawk
trad. (夜鷹)		夜	鷹
simp. (夜鹰)		夜	鹰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yèyīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄥ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ye⁴ yin¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁶ jing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yèyīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yèying
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴-ying¹
    • Yale: yè-yīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehing
    • Palladius: еин (jein)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ iŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ye⁴ yin¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iejn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛ²¹³ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁶ jing¹
    • Yale: yeh yīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁶ jing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁶ ying¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː²² jɪŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

夜鷹

1. nightjar

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夜	鷹
よ Grade: 2	たか Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 夜(よ) (yo, “night”) + 鷹(たか) (taka, “hawk”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よたか [yóꜜtàkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ta̠ka̠]

Noun

夜(よ)鷹(たか) or 夜鷹(ヨタカ) • (yotaka) 

1. a grey nightjar
2. people who wander about until late
3. (Edo) unlicensed prostitutes who worked the roadsides at night

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:娼婦

4. Clipping of 夜鷹蕎麦 (yotaka soba, “late night soba sellers”).

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).