鳥居
Chinese
[edit]| bird | reside | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (鳥居) | 鳥 | 居 | |
| simp. (鸟居) | 鸟 | 居 | |
Etymology
[edit]Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鳥居 (torii).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄩ
- Tongyong Pinyin: niǎojyu
- Wade–Giles: niao3-chü1
- Yale: nyǎu-jyū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neaujiu
- Palladius: няоцзюй (njaoczjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: niu5 geoi1
- Yale: níuh gēui
- Cantonese Pinyin: niu5 goey1
- Guangdong Romanization: niu5 gêu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /niːu̯¹³ kɵy̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
[edit]鳥居
- torii (symbolic gate to a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple)
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 鳥 | 居 |
| とり Grade: 2 |
い Grade: 5 |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 鳥 (tori, “bird”) + 居 (i, “abode”).[1][2] From old legends about birds possessed by kami and sitting on tree branches.[1]
First cited to a text from 922 CE.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- a torii: a symbolic gate to a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple
- Synonym: 華表 (kahyō)
- a similar roofless gate to a residence
- the top bar of a railing
- the top horizontal bar of a balance scale for measuring weight
Proper noun
[edit]- a surname
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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