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水鳥

水鳥

See also: 水鸟

Chinese

		water; river	bird
trad. (水鳥)		水	鳥
simp. (水鸟)		水	鸟

Noun

水鳥

waterbird, waterfowl

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	鳥
すい Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

水鳥 ‎(hiragana すいちょう, romaji suichō)

waterfowl

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shuǐniǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² niu⁵
Min Nan (POJ): chúi-chiáu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuǐniǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeineau
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuǐniǎor
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeineaul
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ njaʊɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² niu⁵
  - Yale: séui níuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² niu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ niːu̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-chiáu
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-tsiáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuyciao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕiaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiaʊ⁴¹/