白鷺

白鷺

See also: 白鹭

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	heron
trad. (白鷺)		白	鷺
simp. (白鹭)		白	鹭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báilù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ lou⁶
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'pah⁶ lu⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): pe̍h-lō͘ / pe̍eh-lō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báilù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báilù
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-lu⁴
    • Yale: bái-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairluh
    • Palladius: байлу (bajlu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ lu⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 白露 白鷺／白鹭 白鹿

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ lou⁶
    • Yale: baahk louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² lou̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 白露 白鷺／白鹭

• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'pah⁶ lu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈpʰaʔ⁵ lu¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqlo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² lɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-lōo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ lɔ²²/

Noun

白鷺

1. little egret (Egretta garzetta)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 白鷺 (“little egret”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		白鷺, 鷺鷥, 白鷺鷥
Mandarin	Beijing	老等, 長脖兒老等
	Taiwan	白鷺鷥
	Yantai (Muping)	窮等
	Jinan	鷺鷥
	Luoyang	老等
	Ürümqi	白鷺
	Wuhan	鷺鷥
	Chengdu	鷺鷥
	Guiyang	長頸鷺鷥
	Guilin	鷺鷥
	Liuzhou	白鳥, 鷺鷥
	Nanning (Wuming)	白鷺
	Xuzhou	白鷺, 鷺鷥
Cantonese	Guangzhou	釣魚郎
Gan	Nanchang	白鷺, 鷺鷥
	Lichuan	鷺鷥
	Pingxiang	白翼子鳥
Hakka	Meixian	鷺鷥
	Yudu	白鷺
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	白鶴仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	白鶴仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	白鶴
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	白鶴
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	白鶴仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	白鶴
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	白鶴
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	白鶴
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	白卵鷥
Min Bei	Jian'ou	白鷺鷥
Min Dong	Fuzhou	鷺鷥
Min Nan	Xiamen	白鴒鷥
	Quanzhou	白鷺鷥
	Zhangzhou	白鴒鷥
	Taipei	白鴒鷥
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	白鴒鷥
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	白鴒鷥
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	白鴒鷥
	Kaohsiung	白鴒鷥
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	白鴒鷥
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	白鴒鷥
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	白鴒鷥
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	白鴒鷥
	Yilan	白鴒鷥
	Yilan (Toucheng)	白鴒鷥
	Changhua (Lukang)	白鴒鷥
	Taichung	白鴒鷥
	Tainan	白鴒鷥
	Tainan (Anping)	白鴒鷥
	Hsinchu	白鴒鷥
	Kinmen	白鷺鷥
	Penghu (Magong)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Xiyu)	白鶶鷥
	Singapore (Hokkien)	白鷺鷥, 白鴒鷥
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	白鷺鷥
	Jieyang	白鷺鷥
	Haikou	白腔鷥
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	白鶿
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鷺鷥
Wu	Shanghai (Songjiang)	長腳鷺鷥
	Suzhou	鷺鷥
	Danyang	鷺鷥
	Hangzhou	長腳鷺鷥
	Ningbo	鷺鷥
Xiang	Changsha	鷺鷥, 白鷺仙, 長腳鷺鷥
	Loudi	白脖

Proper noun

白鷺

1. (～社區) Bailu (a residentialcommunity in Tancheng, Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China)

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
白	鷺
はく Grade: 1	ろ Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
白	鷺
しら Grade: 1	さぎ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

白 (shira, “white”) +‎ 鷺 (sagi, “heron; egret”)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) しらさぎ [shìráságí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾa̠sa̠ɡʲi]

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) は​くろ [háꜜkùrò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ᵝɾo̞]

Noun

白(しら)鷺(さぎ) or 白(はく)鷺(ろ) • (shirasagi or hakuro) 

1. egret (any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea)

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

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Korean

Hanja in this term
白	鷺

Noun

白鷺 • (baengno) (hangeul 백로)

1. Hanja form^? of 백로.