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杜鵑

杜鵑

See also: 杜鹃

Chinese

		fabricate; restrict; to prevent	cuckoo
trad. (杜鵑)		杜	鵑
simp. (杜鹃)		杜	鹃

Noun

杜鵑

Synonyms

布穀鳥／布谷鸟 (bùgǔniǎo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
杜	鵑
Jinmeiyō	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Noun

杜鵑 ‎(hiragana ほととぎす, katakana ホトトギス, romaji hototogisu)

lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus

Korean

Hanja in this term
杜	鵑

Noun

杜鵑 • ‎(dugyeon) ‎(hangeul 두견)

Hanja form^? of 두견, “cuckoo, azalea”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dùjuān

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄩㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ gyun¹
Min Nan (POJ): tō͘-koan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dùjuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄩㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duhjiuan
  - IPA ^(key): /tu⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou⁶ gyun¹
  - Yale: douh gyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ gyn¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² kyːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-koan
  - Tâi-lô: tōo-kuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doxkoafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ kuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁴¹⁻²² kuan³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ kuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔ³³⁻¹¹ kuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ³³⁻²¹ kuan⁴⁴/