比翼

比翼

1. to fly wing to wing; often invoked in metaphor to describe romance

   • 寧與黃鵠比翼乎？將與雞鶩爭食乎？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     宁与黄鹄比翼乎？将与鸡鹜争食乎？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE, translated based on David Hawkes' version

     Nìnɡ yǔ huánghú bǐyì hū? Jiāng yǔ jī wù zhēng shí hū? [Pinyin]

     Is it better to match wing-tips with the flying swan, or to dispute for scraps with chicken and ducks?

   • 鳥南飛，鳥南返，鳥兒比翼何日再歸還，哀我何孤單。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     鸟南飞，鸟南返，鸟儿比翼何日再归还，哀我何孤单。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1962, 鳳閣恩仇未了情 (Cantonese opera)

     niu⁵ naam⁴ fei¹, niu⁵ naam⁴ faan², niu⁵ ji⁴ bei² jik⁶ ho⁴ jat⁶ zoi³ gwai¹ waan⁴, oi¹ ngo⁵ ho⁴ gu¹ daan¹. [Jyutping]

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Derived from Middle Chinese 比翼 (MC bjij|pjijX|bjijH|pjijH|bjit yik).

• (Tokyo) ひよく [hìyókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• (Tokyo) ひよく [híꜜyòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [çijo̞kɯ̟]

比(ひ)翼(よく) • (hiyoku) ^{←ひよく (fyoku)?}

1. (literary) flying wing to wing; often invoked in metaphor to describe romance
2. (tailoring) short for 比翼仕立て (hiyokushitate, “a traditional garment construction technique for making a single layered garment appear lined”)

• 比翼草(ヒヨクソウ) (hiyokusō)
• 比翼塚(ひよくづか) (hiyokuzuka)
• 比翼(ひよく)の鳥(とり) (hiyokunotori)
• 比翼紋(ひよくもん) (hiyokumon)
• 比翼連理(ひよくれんり) (hiyokurenri)