益鳥

See also: 益鸟

Chinese

		benefit; increase	bird
trad. (益鳥)		益	鳥
simp. (益鸟)		益	鸟

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìniǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jik¹ niu⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): yet² niau³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìniǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìniǎo
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴-niao³
  - Yale: yì-nyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihneau
  - Palladius: иняо (injao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìniǎor
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìniǎor
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴-niao³-ʼrh
  - Yale: yì-nyǎur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihneaul
  - Palladius: иняор (injaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ ni̯aʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jik¹ niu⁵
  - Yale: yīk níuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁷ niu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yig¹ niu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚⁵ niːu̯¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: yet² niau³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jet̚⁵⁵ ⁿdiau²²/

Noun

益鳥

beneficial bird; birds beneficial to humans

Antonyms

害鳥／害鸟 (hàiniǎo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
益	鳥
えき Grade: 5	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えきちょー [èkíchóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [e̞kʲi̥t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

益(えき)鳥(ちょう) • (ekichō) ^{←えきてう (ekiteu)^?}

beneficial bird

Antonyms

害鳥(がいちょう) (gaichō, “harmful bird”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN