蜂鳥

See also: 蜂鸟

Chinese

		bee; wasp	bird
trad. (蜂鳥)		蜂	鳥
simp. (蜂鸟)		蜂	鸟

Etymology

Compare Japanese 蜂鳥 (hachidori, literally “bee bird”), Korean 벌새 (beolsae, literally “bee bird”), Vietnamese chim ong (literally “bee bird”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngniǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ niu⁵
• Eastern Min (BUC): pŭng-cēu / pŭng-nēu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngniǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongniǎo
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-niao³
    • Yale: fēng-nyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengneau
    • Palladius: фэнняо (fɛnnjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ niu⁵
    • Yale: fūng níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ niu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ niːu̯¹³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pŭng-cēu / pŭng-nēu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒɛu³³/, /pʰuŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ nˡɛu³³/

Noun

蜂鳥

1. hummingbird

Synonyms

• (Shanghainese) 阿蘇兒／阿苏儿

Compounds

• 刀翅蜂鳥 / 刀翅蜂鸟 (dāochìfēngniǎo)
• 寶石額蜂鳥 / 宝石额蜂鸟 (bǎoshí'éfēngniǎo)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蜂	鳥
はち Grade: S	とり > どり Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 蜂 (hachi, “bee”) +‎ 鳥 (tori, “bird”). Compare Chinese 蜂鳥 / 蜂鸟 (fēngniǎo, literally “bee bird”), Korean 벌새 (beolsae, literally “bee bird”), Vietnamese chim ong (literally “bee bird”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はちどり [hàchíꜜdòrì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠t͡ɕido̞ɾʲi]

Noun

蜂(はち)鳥(どり) or 蜂鳥(ハチドリ) • (hachidori) 

1. a hummingbird

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• 蜂(ハチ)雀(スズメ) (hachisuzume)