啄木鳥

啄木鳥

See also: 啄木鸟

Chinese

		to peck	tree; wood	bird; penis
trad. (啄木鳥)		啄	木	鳥
simp. (啄木鸟)		啄	木	鸟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuómùniǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): doek³ muk⁶ niu⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): tok-bo̍k-chiáu / tok-bo̍k-niáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhuómùniǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwomuhneau
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ mu⁵¹ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhuómùniǎor
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwomuhneaul
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ mu⁵¹ njaʊɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: doek³ muk⁶ niu⁵
    • Yale: deuk muhk níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doek⁸ muk⁹ niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dêg³ mug⁶ niu⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /tœ̽ːk̚³ mʊk̚² niːu̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tok-bo̍k-chiáu
    • Tâi-lô: tok-bo̍k-tsiáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dokbogciao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔk̚³²⁻⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕiaʊ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tok-bo̍k-niáu
    • Tâi-lô: tok-bo̍k-niáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dokbogniao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔk̚³²⁻⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² niãʊ⁵³/

Noun

啄木鳥

1. woodpecker

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 啄木鳥 (“woodpecker”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鴷
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		啄木鳥
Taxonomic name		啄木鳥
Mandarin	Beijing	錛得兒木
	Taiwan	啄木鳥
	Harbin	啄木鳥兒, 錛得兒木, 叨木官子
	Jinan	餐大木子, 啄木鳥, 啄木蟲 suburbs
	Muping	啄木鳥兒
	Wanrong	鵮刨刨
	Xi'an	鵮多多
	Zhengzhou	叨樹喵, 叨樹貓兒
	Xining	啄木蟲
	Xuzhou	啄木鳥
	Yinchuan	啄木鳥
	Lanzhou	啄木鳥
	Ürümqi	啄木鳥兒
	Huanggang	啄椏佬
	Chengdu	啄木鳥
	Guiyang	啄木鳥
	Liuzhou	啄木鳥
	Yangzhou	啄木鳥
	Nanjing	啄木鳥
Cantonese	Hong Kong	啄木鳥
	Dongguan	啄木鳥
Gan	Nanchang	啄木鳥
	Lichuan	啄木鳥
	Pingxiang	扎木鳥
Hakka	Meixian	啄木鳥
	Yudu	啄木鳥
Huizhou	Jixi	啄木鳥
Jin	Taiyuan	鵮樹蟲
	Xinzhou	錛樹鵮子
Min Nan	Xiamen	啄木鳥
	Haikou	啄木鳥
	Leizhou	鑿樹公
Pinghua	Nanning	啄木鳥
Wu	Shanghai	啄木鳥
	Suzhou	啄木鳥
	Hangzhou	啄木鳥
	Danyang	啄木鳥
	Jinhua	厾木鳥兒
	Ningbo	啄木鳥
Xiang	Changsha	啄木官, 啄木鳥
	Loudi	啄木公

Derived terms

大斑啄木鳥／大斑啄木鸟 (dàbān zhuómùniǎo)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

From 木 (ki, ke, “wood”) +‎ 突き (tsutsuki, stem of 突く (tsutsuku, “to poke”)). The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Kanji in this term
啄	木	鳥
Jinmeiyō	Grade: 1	Grade: 2
Irregular

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) きつ​つき [kìtsúꜜtsùkì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [kʲi̥t͡sɨᵝt͡sɨ̥ᵝkʲi]

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) けらつ​つき [kèrátsúꜜtsùkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ke̞ɾa̠t͡sɨ̥ᵝt͡sɨᵝkʲi]

Noun

啄木鳥 (hiragana きつつき, katakana キツツキ, rōmaji kitsutsuki, alternative reading けらつつき, katakana ケラツツキ, rōmaji keratsutsuki)

1. a woodpecker

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
啄	木	鳥
たく Jinmeiyō	ぼく Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

From Chinese 啄木鳥

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) たくぼくちょー [tàkúbókúchóó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • (Tokyo) たくぼく​ちょー [tàkúbókúꜜchòò] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠kɯ̟ᵝbo̞kɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

啄木鳥 (hiragana たくぼくちょう, katakana タクボクチョウ, rōmaji takubokuchō, historical hiragana たくぼくてう)

1. a woodpecker

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN