慈烏
See also: 慈乌
Chinese
compassionate; gentle; merciful compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane |
a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (慈烏) | 慈 | 烏 | |
| simp. (慈乌) | 慈 | 乌 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: cíwū
- Zhuyin: ㄘˊ ㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cíhwu
- Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ2-wu1
- Yale: tsź-wū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyru
- Palladius: цыу (cyu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵ u⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ci4 wu1
- Yale: chìh wū
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsi4 wu1
- Guangdong Romanization: qi4 wu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ wuː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
慈烏
- (literary) A type of crows in which the offspring feeds the parents when they become old.
Derived terms
- 慈烏反哺 / 慈乌反哺