鳥喙

Chinese

		bird	mouth
trad. (鳥喙)		鳥	喙
simp. (鸟喙)		鸟	喙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǎohuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄟˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiáu-chhùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎohuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎohuèi
    • Wade–Giles: niao³-hui⁴
    • Yale: nyǎu-hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neauhuey
    • Palladius: няохуэй (njaoxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiáu-chhùi
    • Tâi-lô: tsiáu-tshuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciawzhuix
    • IPA (Philippines): /t͡siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰui⁴¹/

Noun

鳥喙

1. (literary, literal) beak; bill (structure projecting from a bird's face)

   • 范蠡遂去，自齊遺大夫種書曰：「蜚鳥盡，良弓藏；狡兔死，走狗烹。越王為人長頸鳥喙，可與共患難，不可與共樂。子何不去？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     范蠡遂去，自齐遗大夫种书曰：「蜚鸟尽，良弓藏；狡兔死，走狗烹。越王为人长颈鸟喙，可与共患难，不可与共乐。子何不去？」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Fàn Lǐ suì qù, zì Qí wèi dàfū Zhǒng shū yuē: “Fēiniǎo jìn, liánggōng cáng; jiǎotù sǐ, zǒugǒu pēng. Yuèwáng wéi rén chángjǐng niǎohuì, kě yǔ gòng huànnán, bùkě yǔ gòng yuè. Zǐ hébù qù?” [Pinyin]

     Fan Li then left; from Qi he sent Senior Officer (Wen) Zhong a letter, which read: ‘When flying birds are all gone, good bows are stored; when cunning hares are all dead, running hounds are boiled. The long-necked, bird-mouthed King of Yue is a man whom one can share woes with, not weal. Why won't ye leave?’

2. (Philippine Hokkien, figurative) blabbermouth; gossiper; gossipmonger

Synonyms

• (beak): 鳥嘴／鸟嘴 (niǎozuǐ); (Hakka) 嘴胛

See also

• 嚼 (jiáo)