慈鳥

See also: 慈鸟

Chinese

		compassionate; gentle; merciful compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane	bird
trad. (慈鳥)		慈	鳥
simp. (慈鸟)		慈	鸟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cíniǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ niu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cíniǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíhniǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ²-niao³
    • Yale: tsź-nyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyrneau
    • Palladius: цыняо (cynjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴ niu⁵
    • Yale: chìh níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ niu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ niːu̯¹³/

Noun

慈鳥

1. (literary) Alternative name for 慈烏／慈乌 (cíwū).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
慈	鳥
じ Grade: S	ちょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じちょー [jìchóó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) じ​ちょー [jíꜜchòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑit͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

慈(じ)鳥(ちょう) • (jichō) ^{←じてう (ziteu)?}

1. crow, raven

Synonyms

• 烏(からす) (karasu)