暗光鳥

Chinese

	dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret	light; ray; bright	bird
trad. (暗光鳥)	暗	光	鳥
simp. (暗光鸟)	暗	光	鸟
alternative forms	暗宮鳥／暗宫鸟

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): àm-kong-chiáu

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Jinjiang, Philippines, Penang, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àm-kong-chiáu
  - Tâi-lô: àm-kong-tsiáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: armkongciao
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /am⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔŋ³³ t͡ɕiau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /am²¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiau⁵³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /am²¹⁻⁴² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiau⁴²/
  - IPA (Penang): /am²¹⁻³³ kɔŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡ɕiau⁴⁴⁵/
  - IPA (Taipei): /am¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiau⁵³/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /am¹²⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiau⁵³/
  - IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /am²¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiau⁵³/
  - IPA (Lukang): /am³¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ³³ t͡ɕiau⁵⁵/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /am²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiau⁴¹/

Noun

暗光鳥

(Hokkien) owl
(Hokkien) night owl; someone who goes to bed late
(Taiwanese Hokkien) black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 貓頭鷹 (“owl”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鴞, 梟, 鴟鵂, 鴟鴞, 角鴟, 梟鳥, 鵋䳢
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		貓頭鷹
Mandarin	Beijing	夜貓子
	Taiwan	貓頭鷹
	Tianjin	夜貓子
	Ulanhot	夜貓子
	Tongliao	夜貓子
	Chifeng	夜貓子
	Bayanhot	貓頭鷹
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	夜貓子
	Harbin	夜貓子, 貓頭鷹
	Shenyang	夜貓子
	Yantai (Muping)	夜貓子, 貓頭兒鷹
	Qingdao	夜貓子
	Jinan	夜貓子, 貓頭鷹
	Luoyang	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Wanrong	信猴
	Zhengzhou	咕咕喵
	Xi'an	幸猴, 鴟鴞
	Yinchuan	夜貓子
	Lanzhou	恨吼, 夜貓子
	Xining	恨吼
	Ürümqi	鴴猴兒, 貓頭鷹
	Wuhan	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Chengdu	鬼冬哥, 鬼冬哥兒, 鬼燈哥, 鬼燈哥兒, 夜貓子, 貓頭鷹
	Guiyang	鬼敦哥, 鬼冬哥
	Kunming	貓頭鷹
	Lancang	貓頭鷹
	Guilin	貓頭鷹
	Liuzhou	貓頭鳥, 貓頭鷹
	Nanning (Wuming)	貓頭鷹, 田雞鳥
	Xuzhou	夜貓子
	Yangzhou	貓頭鷹
	Nanjing	貓頭鷹
	Hefei	貓頭鷹
	Singapore	貓頭鷹
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	夜貓子
	Dagudi (Maliba)	貓頭鷹
	Reshuitang (Longling)	貓頭鷹
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	貓頭鷹
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	貓頭鷹
Cantonese	Guangzhou	貓頭鷹, 貓兒頭鷹
	Hong Kong	貓頭鷹
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	枕虼
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	貓頭鷹
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	貓頭鷹
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	貓頭鷹
	Macau	貓頭鷹
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	貓頭鷹
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	貓頭鷹
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	貓頭鷹
	Foshan	貓頭鷹
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	貓頭鷹
	Foshan (Shunde)	貓頭鷹
	Foshan (Sanshui)	貓頭鷹
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	貓頭鷹
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	貓頭鷹
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	貓頭鷹
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	貓頭鷹
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	貓頭鷹
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	貓頭鷹
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	貓頭鷹
	Taishan	貓頭鷹
	Kaiping (Chikan)	貓頭鷹
	Enping (Niujiang)	貓頭鷹
	Heshan (Yayao)	貓頭鷹
	Dongguan	貓頭鷹
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	貓頭鷹
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	貓頭鷹
	Shaoguan	貓頭鷹
	Yunfu	貓頭鷹
	Yangjiang	鬼勾雀, 鬼勾
	Xinyi	貓頭鷹
	Lianjiang	貓頭鷹
	Nanning	貓頭鷹
	Wuzhou	貓頭鷹
	Yulin	貓頭鷹
	Rongxian	貓頭鷹
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	貓頭鷹
	Danzhou	咕咮
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	貓頭鷹
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	貓頭鷹
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	貓頭鷹
	Betong (Rongxian)	貓頭鷹
Gan	Nanchang	夜哇子, 貓頭鷹
	Lichuan	大頭鳥
	Pingxiang	貓公鳥
Hakka	Meixian	貓頭鳥, 貓頭翁, 貓頭鷹
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	貓頭鷹
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	貓頭鷹
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	貓頭鷹
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	貓頭鷹
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	貓頭鳥
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	貓頭鳥, 目睡鳥, 老人鳥
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	目睡牯, 老人鳥
	Wuhua (Changbu)	貓頭鳥
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	貓頭鳥
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	貓頭牯
	Conghua (Lütian)	貓頭鷹
	Jiexi	貓頭鷹
	Changting	貓頭鳥
	Wuping	貓頭鳥
	Yudu	貓頭鳥, 貓狸鳥
	Ruijin	貓頭鳥
	Shicheng	貓狼孩
	Shangyou (Shexi)	貓頭鳥
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	貓頭鳥
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	貓頭鳥
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	貓頭鳥
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	貓頭鳥
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	貓頭鳥
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	貓頭鳥
	Hong Kong	貓頭鳥
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	貓頭鷹
	Sabah (Longchuan)	貓頭鷹
	Senai (Huiyang)	貓頭鳥
	Singkawang	貓頭鳥
	Bangkok (Meixian)	貓頭鷹
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	大目鳥
Huizhou	Jixi	夜鴣
Jin	Taiyuan	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子, 咶咶油
	Pingyao	信虎
	Xinzhou	禿嘶角
	Taibus (Baochang)	突鴟怪
	Linhe	貓頭鷹, 鴟怪子
	Jining	貓頭鷹
	Hohhot	夜貓子, 禿死怪, 貓頭鷹
	Baotou	貓頭鷹, 禿鴟怪
	Dongsheng	鴟怪子
	Haibowan	夜貓子, 鴟怪子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	牯鼎鷂, 牯鼎仔
	Wuyishan	貓仔頭
	Pucheng (Shibei)	貓仔頭
Min Dong	Fuzhou	貓王鳥, 貓頭鷹
	Fuqing	貓王鳥, 貓頭鷹
	Yongtai	貓王鳥
	Gutian	鴣王囝
	Fu'an	貓狸頭鴣鳥
	Ningde	貓狸鳥
	Shouning	貓咪頭鳥
	Zhouning	鴣翁
	Fuding	貓咪鳥
Min Nan	Xiamen	暗光鳥, 鴣黃
	Quanzhou	暗光鳥, 鴣黃, 貓頭鷹
	Yongchun	鴣黃貓
	Zhangzhou	暗光鳥, 暗鳥, 鴣黃
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	虎舅鳥
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	鴣黃
	Pinghe	鴣黃
	Yunxiao	貓頭鷹
	Dongshan	暗鳥, 貓頭鷹
	Taipei	暗光鳥, 貓頭鷹仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
	Kaohsiung	暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥, 鴣黃
	Yilan	暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
	Changhua (Lukang)	暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
	Taichung	貓頭鳥
	Taichung (Wuqi)	貓頭鳥
	Tainan	暗光鳥, 鴣黃
	Taitung	貓頭鳥
	Hsinchu	貓頭鳥
	Kinmen	暗光鳥
	Penghu (Magong)	貓頭鳥, 暗光鳥
	Penang (Hokkien)	暗光鳥
	Singapore (Hokkien)	暗光鳥, 貓頭鷹, 貓頭鳥
	Manila (Hokkien)	暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
	Longyan	貓頭鷹
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	牯頂
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	貓頭鳥
	Chaozhou	貓頭鷹
	Shantou	貓頭鷹
	Jieyang	貓頭鷹
	Bangkok (Teochew)	貓頭鷹
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	貓頭鳥
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	貓頭鳥
	Pontianak (Teochew)	貓頭鷹
	Wenchang	哥王
	Haikou	貓頭鷹
Puxian Min	Putian	貓狸鷹
Puxian Min	Xianyou	古門貓
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	貓頭鷹
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	貓兒頭鳥, 貓頭鷹
Shehua	Sanming	貓頭鳥
	Shunchang	貓頭鳥
	Guixi (Zhangping)	貓頭鳥
	Lishui	貓頭鷂
Wu	Shanghai	貓頭鷹
	Shanghai (Chongming)	夜貓
	Suzhou	貓頭鷹
	Wuxi	貓頭鷹
	Danyang	貓頭鷹
	Hangzhou	貓頭鷹
	Ningbo	竹萑, 貓頭鷹
	Wenzhou	竹萑, 老竹, 貓頭鷹
	Jinhua	貓局瘟
Xiang	Changsha	貓頭鳥, 貓哭鳥, 貓頭鷹
	Xiangtan	哭鳥
	Loudi	哭鳥子, 夜貓子
	Shuangfeng	哭鳥
	Quanzhou	貓頭鷹

Dialectal synonyms of 夜貓子 (“night owl”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		夜貓子
Mandarin	Beijing	夜貓子
	Taiwan	夜貓子
	Harbin	夜貓子
	Yantai (Muping)	夜貓子
	Jinan	夜貓子
	Wanrong	夜貓子
	Wuhan	夜貓子
	Chengdu	夜貓子
	Liuzhou	夜貓子
	Xuzhou	夜貓子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	夜鬼, 夜遊神
Cantonese	Hong Kong	夜貓, 夜鬼
Hakka	Meixian	夜摸仔
Min Nan	Xiamen	暗光鳥
	Quanzhou	暗光鳥
	Zhangzhou	暗光鳥
	Taipei	暗光鳥
	Kaohsiung	暗光鳥
Wu	Danyang	夜摸索
Xiang	Changsha	夜貓子, 夜精
Xiang	Loudi	夜貓子

(night heron): 夜鷺／夜鹭 (yèlù)

References

“Entry #9615”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.