茈鳥
Chinese
| Lithospermum officinale; water chestnut | bird | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (茈鳥) | 茈 | 鳥 | |
| simp. (茈鸟) | 茈 | 鸟 | |
| alternative forms | 子鳥／子鸟 譾鳥／谫鸟 | ||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chíⁿ-chiáu
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chíⁿ-chiáu
- Tâi-lô: tsínn-tsiáu
- Phofsit Daibuun: cvyciao
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siau⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
Noun
茈鳥
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, originally) small bird; little bird
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, figurative) someone young, immature, or lacking in experience
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) novice; somebody new to a job
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 小鳥 (“little bird”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 小鳥 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 鳥兒, 雀兒 |
| Taiwan | 小鳥 | |
| Harbin | 鳥兒, 雀兒 | |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 雀兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 尕雀娃兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 鳥兒 |
| Ürümqi | 雀娃子 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 雀雀兒, 雀雀 |
| Guiyang | 雀雀 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 雀子 |
| Yangzhou | 雀子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 雀仔 |
| Hong Kong | 雀仔 | |
| Dongguan | 雀仔, 鷝仔 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 雀子 |
| Lichuan | 鳥兒崽兒, 鳥兒崽崽兒 | |
| Pingxiang | 鳥仔 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 細鳥仔 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鳥子 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鳥子 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鳥子 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鳥子 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鳥子 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鳥么 | |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 鳥兒 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鳥囝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 鳥仔 GT |
| Leizhou | 鳥囝 | |
| Haikou | 鳥囝 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 麻雀 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 雀兒 |
| Wenzhou | 鳥兒 | |