始祖鳥

始祖鳥

See also: 始祖鸟

Chinese

		first ancestor; earliest ancestor; primogenitor	bird; penis
trad. (始祖鳥)		始祖	鳥
simp. (始祖鸟)		始祖	鸟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐzǔniǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄗㄨˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² zou² niu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shǐzǔniǎo [Phonetic: shízúniǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄗㄨˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyytzuuneau
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci² zou² niu⁵
    • Yale: chí jóu níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² dzou² niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi² zou² niu⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵ niːu̯¹³/

Noun

始祖鳥

1. archeopteryx

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
始	祖	鳥
し Grade: 3	そ Grade: 5	ちょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From 始祖 (shiso, “progenitor”) +‎ 鳥 (chō, “bird”). Compare Chinese 始祖鳥 (literally “progenitor bird”), Korean 시조새 (sijosae, literally “progenitor bird”), and German Urvogel (literally “proto-bird”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しそちょー [shìsóchóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ɕi̥so̞t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

始祖鳥 (hiragana しそちょう, rōmaji shisochō, historical hiragana しそてう)

1. an archeopteryx

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Korean

Hanja in this term
始	祖	鳥

Noun

始祖鳥 • (sijojo, McCune-Reischauer: sijojo, Yale: sīcoco) (hangeul 시조조)

1. Hanja form^? of 시조조 (“archeopteryx”).