鳥居

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鳥居 (torii).

鳥居

1. torii (symbolic gate to a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple)
   • 2025, “夏日之子 [Boundless]”, 林夕 [Lin Xi] (lyrics), 林家謙 [Terence Lam] (music), performed by 林家謙 [Terence Lam]:

     在鳥居　候鳥橫越驚雷 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     在鸟居　候鸟横越惊雷 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     zoi⁶ niu⁵ geoi¹, hau⁶ niu⁵ waang⁴ jyut⁶ ging¹ leoi⁴ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Compound of 鳥 (tori, “bird”) +‎ 居 (i, “abode”).^[1][2] From old legends about birds possessed by kami and sitting on tree branches.^[1]

First cited to a text from 922 CE.^[1]

• (Tokyo) とりい [tòríí] (Heiban – [0])^[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [to̞ɾʲii]

鳥(とり)居(い) • (torii) ^{←とりゐ (toriwi)?}

1. a torii: a symbolic gate to a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple

   Synonym: 華表 (kahyō)

2. a similar roofless gate to a residence
3. the top bar of a railing
4. the top horizontal bar of a balance scale for measuring weight

鳥(とり)居(い) • (Torii) ^{←とりゐ (Toriwi)?}

1. a surname

• → Chinese: 鳥居 / 鸟居 (niǎojū)
• → English: torii
• → Korean: 도리이 (dorii)
• → Russian: то́рии (tórii)