鴕鳥

鴕鳥

See also: 駝鳥, 鸵鸟, and 驼鸟

Chinese

		ostrich	bird; penis
trad. (鴕鳥)		鴕	鳥
simp. (鸵鸟)		鸵	鸟
variant forms		駝鳥／驼鸟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuóniǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): to⁴ niu⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thò-niâu
• Min Nan (POJ): tô-chiáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tuóniǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twoneau
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: tuóniǎor
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twoneaul
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ³⁵ njaʊɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: to⁴ niu⁵
    • Yale: tòh níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: to⁴ niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: to⁴ niu⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː²¹ niːu̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thò-niâu
    • Hakka Romanization System: toˇ niau´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to² niau¹
    • IPA: /tʰo¹¹ ni̯au̯²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô-chiáu
    • Tâi-lô: tô-tsiáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doiciao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /to²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /to²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /to¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /to²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiaʊ⁴¹/

Noun

鴕鳥

1. ostrich (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)
2. (figuratively) one who ignores problems as if they don't exist; head-in-the-sand; ostrich

   鴕鳥政策 / 鸵鸟政策  ―  tuóniǎo zhèngcè  ―  ostrich policy

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
鴕	鳥

Noun

鴕鳥

1. Hán tự form of đà điểu (“ostrich”).