鳥囝

Chinese

bird child
trad. (鳥囝)
simp. (鸟囝)

Pronunciation

  • Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zieo3 gyor3 / zieo3 gua3 / ziao3 goe3 / zieo3 gyann3 / zieo3 giann3

  • Puxian Min
    • (Putian)
      • Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo3 gyor3 [Phonetic: zieo5 yor3]
      • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: câ̤u-giô̤ⁿ
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sieu⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ (k-)yɒ⁴⁵³/
    • (Nanri)
      • Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo3 gua3 [Phonetic: zieo5 a3]
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sieu⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ (k-)a⁴⁵³/
    • (Jiangkou)
      • Pouseng Ping'ing: ziao3 goe3 [Phonetic: ziao5 oe3]
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siɐu⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ (k-)œ⁴⁵³/
    • (Xianyou)
      • Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo3 gyann3 [Phonetic: zieo5 iann3]
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sieu³³²⁻²¹ (k-)ĩã³³²/
    • (Fengting)
      • Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo3 giann3 [Phonetic: zieo5 iann3]
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siəu³³²⁻²¹ (k-)ĩã³³²/

Noun

鳥囝

  1. (Puxian Min) fledgling; chick
  2. (Putian Puxian Min) sparrow (any member of the Passer genus)
  3. (Xianyou Puxian Min, opera) female role (in Chinese opera)
  4. (Puxian Min) one of bamboos (mahjong tile)

Synonyms

(fledgling):

(sparrow):

(female role):

(one of bamboos):

References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “鸟囝”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 584.
  • 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “500 麻雀”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 339.