沙鷗

Chinese

		granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar	common gull
trad. (沙鷗)		沙	鷗
simp. (沙鸥)		沙	鸥

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shā'ōu

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚㄡ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shā'ōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sha-ou
  - Wade–Giles: sha¹-ou¹
  - Yale: shā-ōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaou
  - Palladius: ша’оу (ša’ou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: srae 'uw

Rime
Character	沙	鷗
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	所加切	烏侯切
Baxter	srae	'uw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠa/	/ʔəu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚa/	/ʔəu/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃa/	/ʔəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨ/	/ʔəw/
Li Rong	/ʃa/	/ʔu/
Wang Li	/ʃa/	/əu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂa/	/ʔə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shā	ōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saa¹	au¹

Noun

沙鷗

seabird; shorebird (Laridae)
- 飄飄何所似，天地一沙鷗。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  飘飘何所似，天地一沙鸥。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 8^th century, Du Fu, 《旅夜書懷》
  Piāopiāo hé suǒ sì, tiāndì yī shā'ōu. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)