鷽鳩

鷽鳩

Chinese

		oriental bullfinch	turtle-dove; Turtur orientalis
trad. (鷽鳩)		鷽	鳩
simp. (鸴鸠)		鸴	鸠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuéjiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hok⁶ kau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xuéjiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄡ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuejiou
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hok⁶ kau⁶
    • Yale: hohk kauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hok⁹ kau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hog⁶ keo⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːk̚² kʰɐu̯²²/

Noun

鷽鳩

1. (literary) kind of pigeon
2. (literary) turtledove
3. (literary, figuratively) base person

Synonyms

• (turtledove): 斑鳩／斑鸠 (bānjiū), (literary) 學鳩／学鸠 (xuéjiū), (Min Nan) 鵁隹／䴔隹, (Min Nan) 斑鴿／斑鸽