凶兆

Chinese

		fierce; terrible; ominous	omen; million; million million, trillion
simp. and trad. (凶兆)		凶	兆

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiōngzhào

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥㄓㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ siu⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiong-tiǎu / hiong-tiāu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiōngzhào
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥㄓㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syongjhào
  - Wade–Giles: hsiung¹-chao⁴
  - Yale: syūng-jàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiongjaw
  - Palladius: сюнчжао (sjunčžao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ siu⁶
  - Yale: hūng siuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ siu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ xiu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ siːu̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiong-tiǎu
  - Tâi-lô: hiong-tiǎu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³ tiau²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiong-tiāu
  - Tâi-lô: hiong-tiāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiongdiau
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²²/

Noun

凶兆

bad omen; inauspicious sign

Antonyms

吉兆 (jízhào)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
凶	兆
きょう Grade: S	ちょう Grade: 4
kan'on

Etymology

Middle Chinese 凶兆 (MC xjowng drjewX).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きょーちょー [kyòóchóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

凶(きょう)兆(ちょう) • (kyōchō) ^{←きようてう (kyouteu)^?}

bad omen, inauspicious sign

Antonyms

吉兆(きっちょう) (kitchō)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN