Chinese

Noun

鸚鵡

1. parrot

   鸚鵡能言，不離飛鳥。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

   鹦鹉能言，不离飞鸟。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: The Book of Rites, circa 4th – 2nd century BCE

   Yīngwǔ néng yán, bùlí fēiniǎo. [Pinyin]

   Even when a parrot talks, it still is a bird. [i.e. In order to be a civil human, one must do more than talking like one, but must act like one.]

Derived terms

Descendants

Others:

• → Manchu: ᡟᡝᠩᡤᡠᡥᡝ ‎(yengguhe), ᡟᡝᠩᡤᡡᡥᡝ ‎(yenggūhe, “parrot”)
• → Sogdian: ʾymʾwtsy ‎(“parrot”) < 鸚鵡子
  • → Tocharian A: yāmutsi ‎(“kind of waterfowl - flamingo?”)
  • → Tocharian B: yāmuttsi ‎(“kind of waterfowl - flamingo?”)

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) おうむ [òómú] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːmɯᵝ]

Noun

鸚鵡 ‎(hiragana おうむ, katakana オウム, romaji ōmu, historical hiragana あうむ)

1. a cockatoo (bird)

Derived terms

• 深 (ミ)山 (ヤマ)鸚 (オウ)鵡 (ム) ‎(Miyama ōmu)

See also

• 鸚 (イン)哥 (コ) ‎(inko)