鴻鵠

鴻鵠

See also: 鸿鹄

Chinese

		eastern bean goose; great; large	swan; white-haired
trad. (鴻鵠)		鴻	鵠
simp. (鸿鹄)		鸿	鹄

鴻鵠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hónghú

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ huk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hónghú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hornghwu
    • IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ xu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ huk⁶
    • Yale: hùhng huhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ huk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ hug⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ hʊk̚²/

Noun

鴻鵠

1. (literary) big bird; swan
2. (literary, figuratively) person with lofty aspirations

Synonyms

• (swan): (literary) 鴻／鸿 (hóng), (literary) 鵠／鹄 (hú), 天鵝／天鹅 (tiān'é)

Derived terms

燕雀安知鴻鵠志／燕雀安知鸿鹄志 (yànquè ān zhī hónghú zhì) 燕雀豈知鴻鵠志／燕雀岂知鸿鹄志

鴻鵠之志／鸿鹄之志 鴻鵠大志／鸿鹄大志