杜宇

Chinese

		fabricate; restrict; to prevent	room; universe
simp. and trad. (杜宇)		杜	宇

Etymology

Named after the eponymous mythological figure who became a cuckoo after death.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dùyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dùyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dùyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tu⁴-yü³
    • Yale: dù-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duhyeu
    • Palladius: дуюй (dujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou⁶ jyu⁵
    • Yale: douh yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² jyː¹³/

Noun

杜宇

1. (literary) cuckoo

Synonyms

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• 伏鳩仔 / 伏鸠仔 (Hakka)
• 可穀 / 可谷 (dialectal)
• 姑姑蟲 / 姑姑虫 (gu¹ gu^1-3 cung¹) (Jin)
• 子規 / 子规 (zǐguī)
• 子規鳥 / 子规鸟 (zǐguīniǎo)
• 布穀 / 布谷 (bùgǔ)
• 布穀鳥 / 布谷鸟 (bùgǔniǎo)
• 杜鵑 / 杜鹃 (dùjuān)
• 杜鵑鳥 / 杜鹃鸟 (dùjuānniǎo)
• 種穀蟲兒 / 种谷虫儿 (Jin)
• 穀穀鳥 / 谷谷鸟 (dialectal)
• 豆仔鳥 / 豆仔鸟 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 陽雀子 / 阳雀子 (ian² cio⁶ zr) (Xiang)
• 鳲鳩 / 鸤鸠 (shījiū) (literary)