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鴕鳥

鴕鳥

See also: 駝鳥, 鸵鸟, and 驼鸟

Chinese

		ostrich	bird
trad. (鴕鳥/駝鳥)		鴕/駝	鳥
simp. (鸵鸟/驼鸟)		鸵/驼	鸟

Noun

鴕鳥 (classifier 隻／只 (zhī))

an ostrich

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
鴕	鳥

Noun

鴕鳥

Hán tự form of đà điểu, “ostrich”

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tuóniǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): to⁴ niu⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thò-niâu
Min Nan (POJ): tô-chiáu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tuóniǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twoneau
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: to⁴ niu⁵
  - Yale: tòh níuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: to⁴ niu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː²¹ niːu̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thò-niâu
  - Hakka Romanization System: toˇ niau´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: to² niau¹
  - IPA: /tʰo¹¹ ni̯au̯²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô-chiáu
  - Tâi-lô: tô-tsiáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doiciao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɤ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɤ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɤ¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /to²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiaʊ⁴¹/