始祖鳥

See also: 始祖鸟

Chinese

		earliest ancestor; primogenitor; progenitor earliest ancestor; primogenitor; progenitor; originator; initiator; creator; founder	bird
trad. (始祖鳥)		始祖	鳥
simp. (始祖鸟)		始祖	鸟

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǐzǔniǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄗㄨˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² zou² niu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǐzǔniǎo [Phonetic: shízúniǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄗㄨˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhzǔniǎo
  - Wade–Giles: shih³-tsu³-niao³
  - Yale: shř-dzǔ-nyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyytzuuneau
  - Palladius: шицзуняо (šiczunjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci² zou² niu⁵
  - Yale: chí jóu níuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² dzou² niu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi² zou² niu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵ niːu̯¹³/

Noun

始祖鳥

(paleontology) archeopteryx

Japanese

Kanji in this term
始	祖	鳥
し Grade: 3	そ Grade: 5	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 始祖 (shiso, “progenitor”) +‎ 鳥 (chō, “bird”). Compare Chinese 始祖鳥 / 始祖鸟 (shǐzǔniǎo, literally “progenitor bird”), Korean 시조새 (sijosae, literally “progenitor bird”), and German Urvogel (literally “proto-bird”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しそちょー [shìsóchóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɕi̥so̞t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

始(し)祖(そ)鳥(ちょう) • (shisochō) ^{←しそてう (sisoteu)^?}

an archeopteryx

Korean

Hanja in this term
始	祖	鳥

Noun

始祖鳥 • (sijojo) (hangeul 시조조)

hanja form^? of 시조조 (“archeopteryx”)