渡鳥
Chinese
| to cross; to pass through; to ferry | bird | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (渡鳥) | 渡 | 鳥 | |
| simp. (渡鸟) | 渡 | 鸟 | |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 渡り鳥 (wataridori, “migratory bird”).
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tō͘-chiáu
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-chiáu
- Tâi-lô: tōo-tsiáu
- Phofsit Daibuun: doxciao
- IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡siau⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁴¹⁻²² t͡siau⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡siau⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /tɔ³³⁻¹¹ t͡siau⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ³³⁻²¹ t͡siau⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
渡鳥
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) migratory bird (Classifier: 隻／只 mn)