鳥栖

鳥栖

Chinese

		bird; penis	to roost; to inhabit; to stay to roost; to inhabit; to stay; habitat
trad. (鳥栖)		鳥	栖
simp. (鸟栖)		鸟	栖

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鳥栖 (Tosu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Niǎoqī

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Niǎoqī
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Neauchi
    • IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/

Proper noun

鳥栖

1. (～市) Tosu (a city in Saga, Japan)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鳥	栖
と Grade: 2	す Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Compound of 鳥 (と) (to, “bird”) + 栖 (す) (su, “nest”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [to̞sɨᵝ]

Proper noun

鳥栖 (hiragana とす, rōmaji Tosu)

1. Tosu, Saga

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鳥	栖
と Grade: 2	Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi	Irregular

Compound of 鳥 (と) (to) + 座 (くら) (kura). The kura changes to gura as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • IPA^(key): [to̞ɡɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]

Alternative forms

• 塒, 鳥座

Noun

鳥栖 (hiragana とぐら, rōmaji togura)

1. nest