鸚哥

See also: 鹦哥

Chinese

		elder brother
trad. (鸚哥)	鸚	哥
simp. (鹦哥)	鹦	哥
alternative forms	鸚歌／鹦歌 obsolete 鸚𪃿／鹦𬸠 obsolete

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīnggē

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥㄍㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jing¹ go¹
Gan (Wiktionary): 'in¹ go¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ên-kô

(Hailu, HRS): en^ˋ go^ˋ
Eastern Min (BUC): ĕng-gŏ̤
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): eng¹ go¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): eng-ko

(Teochew, Peng'im): êng¹ go¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹an-ku

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīnggē → yīngge (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥㄍㄜ → ㄧㄥ ˙ㄍㄜ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yingge̊
  - Wade–Giles: ying¹-ko⁵
  - Yale: yīng-ge
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ing.ge
  - Palladius: ингэ (ingɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/ → /iŋ⁵⁵ g̊ə²/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (鸚哥兒 / 鹦哥儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīnggēr → yīngger (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥㄍㄜㄦ → ㄧㄥ ˙ㄍㄜㄦ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yingge̊r
  - Wade–Giles: ying¹-ko⁵-ʼrh
  - Yale: yīng-ger
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ing.ge'l
  - Palladius: ингэр (ingɛr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ kɤɻ⁵⁵/ → /iŋ⁵⁵ g̊ɤɻ²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jing¹ go¹
  - Yale: yīng gō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jing¹ go¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ying¹ go¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'in¹ go¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈin⁴² ko⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ên-kô
  - Hakka Romanization System: en^ˊ go^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: en¹ go¹
  - Sinological IPA: /en²⁴⁻¹¹ ko²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: en^ˋ go^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /en⁵³ ko⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ĕng-gŏ̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛiŋ⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋo⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: eng¹ go¹ [Phonetic: eng⁵ ngo¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: eng-geo
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(k-)ŋo⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: eng¹ go¹ [Phonetic: eng⁵ ngo¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(k-)ŋo⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Lukang, Sanxia, Taipei, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eng-ko
  - Tâi-lô: ing-ko
  - Phofsit Daibuun: engkoy
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kinmen): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Lukang): /iɪŋ³³ ko³³/
  - IPA (Tainan, Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Yilan): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ko⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: êng¹ go¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: eng ko
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /eŋ³³⁻²³ ko³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹an-ku
  - MiniDict: an^平 ku
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹an-ku
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ã⁵⁵ ku²¹/

Noun

鸚哥

(colloquial) parrot; parakeet

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鸚鵡 (“parrot”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鸚鵡, 能言鳥
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鸚鵡
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鸚哥兒, 鸚鵡
	Taiwan	鸚鵡
	Langfang	鸚鵡兒
	Harbin	鸚哥兒
	Singapore	鸚鵡
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	鸚鵡
	Cangzhou	鸚鵡
	Baoding	鸚哥兒
	Shijiazhuang	鸚哥兒
	Jinan	鸚哥, 鸚鵡
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鸚鵡兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鸚鵡
	Daming	鸚哥兒
	Wanrong	鸚哥兒
	Zhengzhou	鸚哥兒
	Xi'an	鸚哥兒
	Xining	鸚哥兒
	Xuzhou	鸚鵡
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	鸚哥兒, 八哥兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鸚哥
	Lanzhou	鸚哥
	Ürümqi	鸚哥兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鸚鸚兒
	Wuhan	鸚鵡, 鸚哥
	Guiyang	鸚哥
	Guilin	鸚鵡
	Liuzhou	鸚鵡, 鸚鵡鳥
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鸚鵡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	鸚哥
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鸚哥
	Hong Kong	鸚鵡
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	鸚鵡
	Macau	鸚鵡
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	鸚哥
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鸚鵡
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	鸚鵡
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	鸚鵡
	Foshan	鸚鵡
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鸚鵡
	Foshan (Shunde)	鸚鵡
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鸚鵡
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鸚鵡
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鸚鵡
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	鸚鵡
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	鸚鵡
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	鸚鵡
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鸚鵡
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鸚鵡
	Taishan	鸚鵡
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鸚鵡
	Enping (Niujiang)	鸚鵡
	Heshan (Yayao)	鸚鵡
	Dongguan	鸚鵡
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	鸚鵡
	Qingyuan	鸚鵡
	Fogang	鸚鵡
	Yingde (Hanguang)	鸚鵡
	Yangshan	鸚鵡
	Lianshan (Butian)	鸚鵡
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	鸚鵡
	Shaoguan	鸚鵡
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	鸚鵡
	Renhua	鸚鵡
	Lechang	鸚鵡
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	鸚哥
	Sihui	鸚鵡
	Guangning	鸚鵡
	Deqing	鸚鵡
	Huaiji	鸚鵡
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	鸚鵡
	Yunfu	鸚鵡
	Xinxing	鸚哥
	Luoding	鷯哥
	Yunan (Pingtai)	鸚鵡
	Xinyi	鸚鵡
	Lianjiang	鸚鵡
	Nanning	鸚哥, 鸚鵡
	Wuzhou	鸚鵡
	Yulin	鸚鵡
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	鸚哥
Gan	Nanchang	鸚哥
	Pengze	鸚鵡
	Lichuan	鸚鵡
	Pingxiang	鸚鵡, 鸚哥
	Liuyang	鸚鵡鳥哩
Hakka	Meixian	鸚鵡
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	鸚鵡
	Huidong (Daling)	鸚鵡
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	鸚鵡
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鸚鵡
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	鸚鵡
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	鸚鵡
	Changting	鸚哥
	Wuping	鵡溜子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	鸚鵡
	Liancheng	鸚鵡
	Yudu	鸚鵡鳥子
	Ruijin	鸚鵡
	Shicheng	鸚鵡
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鸚哥
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鸚哥
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鸚哥
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鸚哥
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鸚哥
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鸚哥
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	鸚鵡
Jin	Taiyuan	八哥
	Pingyao	鸚鵝兒, 八哥兒
	Xinzhou	鸚鵡
	Hohhot	鸚鵡
	Zhangjiakou	鸚鵡
	Handan	鸚鵡
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鸚鵡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鸚哥
Eastern Min	Fuqing	鸚哥
Southern Min	Xiamen	鸚哥
	Quanzhou	鸚哥
	Jinjiang	鸚哥
	Zhangzhou	鸚哥
	Taipei	鸚哥
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鸚哥
	Kaohsiung	鸚哥
	Yilan	鸚哥
	Changhua (Lukang)	鸚哥
	Taichung	鸚哥
	Taichung (Wuqi)	鸚哥
	Tainan	鸚哥
	Taitung	鸚哥
	Hsinchu	鸚哥
	Kinmen	鸚哥鳥
	Penghu (Magong)	鸚哥
	Penang (Hokkien)	鸚哥
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鸚哥
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	鸚鵡
	Shantou	鸚哥
	Jieyang	鸚哥
	Leizhou	鸚哥鳥
	Haikou	鸚哥
Puxian Min	Putian	鸚哥
Puxian Min	Xianyou	鸚哥
Central Min	Yong'an	鸚鵡
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	鸚鵡
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	鸚鵡
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鸚鵡, 鸚哥
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	鸚鵡
Wu	Shanghai	鸚哥, 鸚鵡
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鸚哥
	Suzhou	鸚哥
	Danyang	鸚鵡
	Hangzhou	鸚哥
	Ningbo	鸚哥
	Wenzhou	鸚鵡, 鸚哥
	Jinhua	鸚鵡
Xiang	Changsha	鸚鵡
Xiang	Quanzhou	鸚鵡

Derived terms

鸚哥喙 / 鹦哥喙
鸚哥綠 / 鹦哥绿 (yīnggēlǜ)
鸚哥魚 / 鹦哥鱼
鸚哥鯉 / 鹦哥鲤
鸚哥鼻 / 鹦哥鼻

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鸚哥):

→ Japanese: 鸚(いん)哥(こ) (inko) (see there for further descendants)
→ Korean: 앵가(鸚哥) (aengga)

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), “鹦哥”, 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 187.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鸚	哥
いん Hyōgai	こ Hyōgai
tōon

Alternative spelling
音呼

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いんこ [íꜜǹkò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ĩŋko̞]

Noun

鸚(いん)哥(こ) or 鸚哥(インコ) • (inko)

a parrot or parakeet

Derived terms

五色青海鸚哥(ごしきせいがいいんこ) (goshiki Seigai inko)
金剛鸚哥(こんごういんこ) (kongō inko)
脊(せ)黄(き)青(せい)鸚(いん)哥(こ) (sekisei inko)
緋鸚哥(ひいんこ) (hi inko)
牡丹鸚哥(ぼたんいんこ) (botan inko)

Descendants

→ Korean: 잉꼬 (ingkko)