田鳧

See also: 田凫

Chinese

		field; farm	wild duck; to swim
trad. (田鳧)		田	鳧
simp. (田凫)		田	凫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiánfú

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin⁴ fu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiánfú
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiánfú
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien²-fu²
  - Yale: tyán-fú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyanfwu
  - Palladius: тяньфу (tjanʹfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ fu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin⁴ fu⁴
  - Yale: tìhn fùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin⁴ fu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin⁴ fu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn²¹ fuː²¹/

Noun

田鳧

lapwing (bird belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
田	鳧
た Grade: 1	けり > げり Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
田計里

Etymology

田(た) (ta, “field”) + 鳧(けり) (keri, “grey-headed lapwing”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たげり [táꜜgèrì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ta̠ɡe̞ɾʲi]

Noun

田(た)鳧(げり) or 田鳧(タゲリ) • (tageri)

a northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).