好鳥

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	bird
trad. (好鳥)		好	鳥
simp. (好鸟)		好	鸟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎoniǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² niu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎoniǎo [Phonetic: háoniǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎoniǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-niao³
    • Yale: hǎu-nyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoneau
    • Palladius: хаоняо (xaonjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎoniǎor [Phonetic: háoniǎor]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎoniǎor
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-niao³-ʼrh
    • Yale: hǎu-nyǎur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoneaul
    • Palladius: хаоняор (xaonjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ni̯aʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² niu⁵
    • Yale: hóu níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² niu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ niːu̯¹³/

Noun

好鳥

1. (literally) good bird; (literary) sweet-singing bird or bird with a beautiful plumage
2. (colloquial, in the negative, derogatory) nice person; good fellow