百舌鳥

Chinese

		blackbird; Turdus merula	bird
trad. (百舌鳥)		百舌	鳥
simp. (百舌鸟)		百舌	鸟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎishéniǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄕㄜˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pek-sia̍t-niáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎishéniǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄕㄜˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎishéniǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-shê²-niao³
    • Yale: bǎi-shé-nyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baesherneau
    • Palladius: байшэняо (bajšɛnjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤ³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎishéniǎor
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄕㄜˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎishéniǎor
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-shê²-niao³-ʼrh
    • Yale: bǎi-shé-nyǎur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baesherneaul
    • Palladius: байшэняор (bajšɛnjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤ³⁵ ni̯aʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek-sia̍t-niáu
    • Tâi-lô: pik-sia̍t-niáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peksiadniao
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ siɛt̚⁴⁻³² niãu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ siɛt̚⁴⁻³² niãu⁵³/

Noun

百舌鳥

1. Alternative name for 烏鶇／乌鸫 (wūdōng, “blackbird; Turdus merula”).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
百	舌	鳥
Grade: 1	Grade: 6	Grade: 2
irregular

Etymology

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), literally "hundred + tongue + bird", from the way shrikes can mimic other bird calls.

Noun

百舌鳥(もず) or 百舌鳥(モズ) • (mozu) 

1. Alternative spelling of モズ: the bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus)
2. Alternative spelling of モズ: a shrike (any bird of family Laniidae)