鴟鴞

See also: 鸱鸮

Chinese

	scops owl	Ural owl
trad. (鴟鴞)	鴟	鴞
simp. (鸱鸮)	鸱	鸮
alternative forms	鴟梟／鸱枭

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chīxiāo

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄒㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹ hiu¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhi-hiau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chīxiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄒㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chihsiao
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-hsiao¹
  - Yale: chr̄-syāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyshiau
  - Palladius: чисяо (čisjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci¹ hiu¹
  - Yale: chī hīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹ hiu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi¹ hiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ hiːu̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi-hiau
  - Tâi-lô: tshi-hiau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chi'hiaw
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ hiau⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: tsyhij hjew

Rime
Character	鴟	鴞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	處脂切	于嬌切
Baxter	tsyhij	hjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiɪ/	/ɦˠiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰi/	/ɦᵚiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰjɪ/	/ɣiæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰi/	/ɦiaw/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰi/	/ɣjɛu/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰi/	/ɣĭɛu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi/	/i̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chī	yáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci¹	jiu⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tʰij [ɢ]ʷ(r)aw/

(Zhengzhang): /*tʰjil ɦraw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鴟	鴞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chī	xiāo
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyhij ›	‹ hjew ›
Old Chinese	/*tʰij/	/*[ɢ]ʷ(r)aw/
English	鴟鵂 tsyhij.xjuw owl	鴟鴞 tsyhij.hjew owl
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鴟	鴞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	2276	4921
Phonetic component	氐	号
Rime group	脂	宵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	鴟	鴞
Old Chinese	/*tʰjil/	/*ɦraw/

Noun

鴟鴞

true owl (of the Strigidae family)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 貓頭鷹 (“owl”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鴞, 梟, 鴟鵂, 鴟鴞, 角鴟, 梟鳥, 鵋䳢
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		貓頭鷹
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	夜貓子
	Taiwan	貓頭鷹
	Chengde	夜貓子
	Ulanhot	夜貓子
	Tongliao	夜貓子
	Chifeng	夜貓子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Heihe	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Qiqihar	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Harbin	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Jiamusi	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Baicheng	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Changchun	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Tonghua	夜貓子
	Shenyang	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Jinzhou	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Singapore	貓頭鷹
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	夜貓子
	Tangshan	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Cangzhou	夜貓子
	Baoding	夜貓子
	Shijiazhuang	夜貓子
	Lijin	夜貓子
	Jinan	夜貓子, 貓頭鷹
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	貓頭鷹
	Dandong	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Yantai	夜貓子
	Yantai (Muping)	夜貓子, 貓頭兒鷹
	Rongcheng	貓兒頭
	Qingdao	夜貓子
	Zhucheng	夜貓子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Lingbao	幸候, 鴟腳
	Jining	夜貓子
	Wanrong	信猴
	Linfen	鴟關子
	Shangqiu	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Yuanyang	貓頭鷹
	Zhengzhou	咕咕喵
	Xinyang	貓頭鷹
	Baihe	貓頭鷹, 貓兒頭
	Xi'an	貓頭鷹, 幸候, 鴟鴞
	Baoji	鴟鴞
	Tianshui	夜鴿子
	Xining	恨鶘
	Xuzhou	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Fuyang	貓頭鷹, 貓兒頭
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	夜貓子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Bayanhot	貓頭鷹
	Lanzhou	恨鶘, 夜貓子
	Dunhuang	鴟鴞子
	Ürümqi	貓頭鷹, 恨鶘兒, 恨鶘
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鬼冬哥, 鬼冬哥兒, 鬼燈哥, 鬼燈哥兒, 夜貓子, 貓頭鷹
	Nanchong	貓頭鷹
	Dazhou	鬼冬哥, 夜市眼兒
	Hanyuan	恨鶘, 鬼燈哥兒
	Xichang	貓頭鷹, 恨鶘
	Zigong	貓頭鷹, 鬼冬哥兒
	Chongqing	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Wuhan	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Yichang	貓頭鷹
	Xiangyang	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Tianmen	貓頭鷹
	Guiyang	貓頭鷹, 鬼敦哥, 鬼冬哥
	Zunyi	夜貓子
	Bijie	鬼冬哥
	Liping	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子, 貓哭鳥
	Zhaotong	恨鶘
	Shuifu	撐哥子, 鬼金冠兒
	Daguan	鬼登科
	Dali	貓頭鷹
	Kunming	貓頭鷹
	Mengzi	恨鶘
	Lancang	貓頭鷹
	Guilin	貓頭鷹
	Liuzhou	貓頭鳥, 貓頭鷹
	Nanning (Wuming)	貓頭鷹, 田雞鳥
	Jishou	咕嚕頭兒, 挖孔雀
	Changde	貓頭鷹
	Hanzhong	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Dagudi (Maliba)	貓頭鷹
	Reshuitang (Longling)	貓頭鷹
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	貓頭鷹
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	貓頭鷹
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	貓頭鷹
	Yangzhou	貓頭鷹
	Lianyungang	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Lianshui	貓頭鷹
	Nantong	貓頭兒鷹
	Anqing	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Wuhu	貓頭鷹
	Hefei	貓頭鷹
	Hong'an	恨鶘, 喚葫蘆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	貓頭鷹, 貓兒頭鷹
	Hong Kong	貓頭鷹
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	枕虼
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	貓頭鷹
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	貓頭鷹
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	貓頭鷹
	Macau	貓頭鷹
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	貓頭鷹
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	貓頭鷹
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	貓頭鷹
	Foshan	貓頭鷹
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	貓頭鷹
	Foshan (Shunde)	貓頭鷹
	Foshan (Sanshui)	貓頭鷹
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	貓頭鷹
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	貓頭鷹
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	貓頭鷹
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	貓頭鷹
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	貓頭鷹
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	貓頭鷹
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	貓頭鷹
	Taishan	貓頭鷹
	Taishan (Guanghai)	貓頭鷹
	Kaiping (Chikan)	貓頭鷹
	Enping (Niujiang)	貓頭鷹
	Heshan (Yayao)	貓頭鷹
	Dongguan	貓頭鷹
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	貓頭鷹
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	貓頭鷹
	Qingyuan	貓頭鷹
	Fogang	貓頭鷹
	Yingde (Hanguang)	貓頭鷹
	Yangshan	貓頭鷹
	Lianshan (Butian)	貓頭鷹
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	貓頭鷹
	Shaoguan	貓頭鷹
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	貓頭鷹
	Renhua	貓頭鳥
	Lechang	貓頭鷹
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	貓頭鷹
	Sihui	貓頭鷹
	Guangning	貓頭鷹
	Deqing	貓頭鷹
	Huaiji	冚木雀
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	貓頭鷹
	Yunfu	貓頭鷹
	Xinxing	貓頭鷹
	Luoding	貓頭鷹
	Yunan (Pingtai)	貓頭鷹
	Yangjiang	鬼勾雀, 鬼勾
	Xinyi	貓頭鷹
	Lianjiang	貓頭鷹
	Nanning	貓頭鷹
	Nanning (Tanka)	貓頭鷹
	Wuzhou	貓頭鷹
	Yulin	貓頭鷹
	Rongxian	貓頭鷹
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	貓頭鷹
	Hepu (Shatian)	鬼雀
	Guiping	貓頭鷹
	Guiping (Mule)	貓頭鷹
	Pingnan	貓頭鷹
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	貓頭鷹
	Guigang (Pingdong)	貓頭鷹
Beihai	貓頭鷹
Beihai (Nankang)	貓頭鷹
Beihai (Yingpan)	貓頭鷹
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	貓頭鷹
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	貓頭鷹
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	貓頭鷹
Danzhou	咕咮
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	貓頭鷹
Sarikei (Xinhui)	貓頭鷹
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	貓頭鷹
Móng Cái	貓頭鷹
Mandalay (Taishan)	大貓鼠
Bangkok (Guangfu)	貓頭鷹
Betong (Rongxian)	貓頭鷹
Gan	Nanchang	夜哇子, 貓頭鷹
	Pengze	貓頭鷹
	Lichuan	大頭鳥
	Pingxiang	貓公鳥
	Liuyang	貓公鳥哩
Hakka	Meixian	貓頭鳥, 貓頭翁, 貓頭鷹
	Dabu (Xihe)	貓頭鳥, 大目狗頂
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	貓頭鷹
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	貓頭鷹
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	貓頭鷹
	Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)	貓頭鷹
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	貓頭鳥
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	貓頭鳥, 目睡鳥, 老人鳥
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	目睡牯, 老人鳥
	Wuhua (Changbu)	貓頭鳥
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	貓頭鳥
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	貓頭牯
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	貓頭鷹
	Jiexi	貓頭鷹
	Luhe	貓頭鷹
	Changting	貓頭鳥
	Longyan (Yongding)	大目狗頂
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	大目狗頂
	Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)	貓頭鳥
	Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)	貓頭鳥
	Wuping	貓頭鳥
	Wuping (Zhongshan)	貓頭鳥
	Liancheng (Peitian)	貓頭鳥
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	貓頭鳥
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	貓頭鳥
	Yudu	貓頭鳥, 貓狸鳥
	Ruijin	貓頭鳥
	Shicheng	貓狼孩
	Shangyou (Shexi)	貓頭鳥
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	貓頭鳥
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	貓頭鳥
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	貓頭鳥
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	貓頭鳥
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	貓頭鳥
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	貓頭鳥
	Hong Kong	貓頭鳥
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	貓頭鷹
	Chengdu (Longtan)	貓頭鳥
	Chengdu (Shiling)	貓頭鳥
	Chengdu (Longwang)	貓頭鳥
	Chengdu (Shibantan)	貓頭鳥
	Chengdu (Hexingchang)	貓頭鳥, 鬼燈哥
	Weiyuan (Guanyingtan)	鬼燈科
	Yilong (Ma'an)	夜貓子
	Xichang (Huanglianguan)	恨鶘
	Sabah (Longchuan)	貓頭鷹
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	大目狗頂
	Senai (Huiyang)	貓頭鳥
	Singkawang	貓頭鳥
	Bangkok (Meixian)	貓頭鷹
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	大目狗頂
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	大目鳥
Huizhou	Jixi	夜鴣
	Shexian	貓頭鷹
	Fuliang	貓頭鷹
Jin	Taiyuan	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子, 咶咶油
	Taiyuan (Jiancaoping)	鴟怪子, 咶咶油
	Taiyuan (Jinyuan)	鴰鴰鷂, 貓頭鷹
	Pingyao	信虎
	Yangyuan	突死叫
	Datong	貓性鶻
	Xinzhou	禿嘶角
	Lüliang (Lishi)	貓頭鷹, 信虎
	Changzhi	突叫, 信虎
	Taibus (Baochang)	突鴟怪
	Linhe	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子, 鴟怪子
	Jining	貓頭鷹
	Hohhot	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子, 禿死怪
	Baotou	貓頭鷹, 禿鴟怪
	Dongsheng	鴟怪子
	Haibowan	夜貓子, 鴟怪子
	Erenhot	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Pingshan	鴰鴰黝
	Zhangjiakou	夜貓子
	Handan	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Linzhou	咕咕喵兒
	Suide	恨鶘
Northern Min	Jian'ou	牯頂鷂, 牯頂仔
	Wuyishan	貓仔頭
	Pucheng (Shibei)	貓仔頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	貓王鳥, 貓頭鷹
	Fuqing	貓王鳥, 貓頭鷹
	Yongtai	貓王鳥
	Gutian	鴣王囝
	Fu'an	貓狸頭鴣鳥
	Ningde	貓狸鳥
	Shouning	貓咪頭鳥
	Zhouning	鴣翁
	Fuding	貓咪鳥
Southern Min	Xiamen	暗光鳥, 鴣黃
	Quanzhou	暗光鳥, 鴣黃, 貓頭鷹
	Yongchun	鴣黃貓
	Zhangzhou	暗光鳥, 暗鳥, 鴣黃
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	虎舅鳥
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	鴣黃
	Nanjing	虎舅鳥
	Pinghe	鴣黃
	Yunxiao	貓頭鷹
	Zhao'an	貓頭鷹
	Dongshan	暗鳥, 貓頭鷹
	Taipei	暗光鳥
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
	Kaohsiung	暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥, 鴣黃
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	暗光鳥
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	暗光鳥, 鴣黃
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	暗光鳥, 貓頭鷹
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	暗光鳥仔, 鴣黃
	Yilan	暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
	Yilan (Luodong)	暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
	Yilan (Toucheng)	暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
	Changhua (Lukang)	暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
	Changhua (Yongjing)	貓頭鳥, 暗光鳥
	Taichung	貓頭鳥
	Taichung (Wuqi)	貓頭鳥
	Tainan	暗光鳥, 鴣黃
	Tainan (Anping)	暗光鳥
	Taitung	貓頭鳥
	Hsinchu	貓頭鳥
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
	Kinmen	暗光鳥
	Penghu (Magong)	貓頭鳥, 暗光鳥
	Penghu (Xiyu)	貓頭鳥
	Penang (Hokkien)	暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
	Singapore (Hokkien)	暗光鳥, 貓頭鷹, 貓頭鳥
	Manila (Hokkien)	暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
	Longyan	貓頭鷹
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	牯頂
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	貓頭鳥
	Chaozhou	貓頭鷹
	Shantou	貓頭鷹
	Jieyang	貓頭鷹
	Bangkok (Teochew)	貓頭鷹
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	貓頭鳥
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	貓頭鳥
	Pontianak (Teochew)	貓頭鷹
	Wenchang	鴣黃
	Haikou	貓頭鷹
Puxian Min	Putian	貓狸鷹
Puxian Min	Xianyou	古門貓
Central Min	Yong'an	古董鳥, 貓仔頭鷂 suburbs
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	大頭鳥
Shaojiang Min	Jiangle	棉蓬蘢
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	貓頭鷹
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	貓頭鷹
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	貓頭鷹
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	貓兒頭鳥, 貓頭鷹
Shehua	Sanming	貓頭鳥
	Shunchang	貓頭鳥
	Guixi (Zhangping)	貓頭鳥
	Lishui	貓頭鷂
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	野貓子
Wu	Shanghai	貓頭鷹
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	搖鈴鳥, 貓頭鷹
	Shanghai (Jiading)	貓頭鷹
	Shanghai (Chongming)	夜貓
	Suzhou	貓頭鷹
	Wuxi	貓頭鷹
	Danyang	貓頭鷹
	Hangzhou	貓頭鷹
	Ningbo	竹萑, 貓頭鷹
	Wenzhou	竹萑, 老竹, 貓頭鷹
	Jinhua	貓局瘟
Xiang	Changsha	貓頭鳥, 貓哭鳥, 貓頭鷹
	Xiangtan	哭鳥
	Miluo (Changle)	貓嘴鳥, 喔鳥, 喔鳥⿰口姐
	Loudi	哭鳥子, 夜貓子
	Shuangfeng	哭鳥
	Hengyang	哭鳥
	Quanzhou	貓頭鷹
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	貓關鳥
Xiangnan Tuhua	Dong'an	包子鳥唧
Yuebei Tuhua	Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)	貓頭牯
	Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)	貓頭鷹
	Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)	貓頭牯
	Renhua (Zhoutian)	貓頭雀
	Renhua (Shitang)	貓咪頭
	Lechang (Changlai)	貓牯頭
	Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)	貓頭鳥

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 鴟鴞 – see 覓鶚 (“eagle”). (This term is a variant form of 覓鶚).

References

“鴟鴞”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.