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鸚鵡

鸚鵡

See also: 鹦鹉

Chinese

parrot parrot
trad. (鸚鵡)
simp. (鹦鹉)

Noun

鸚鵡

  1. parrot
    鸚鵡不離飛鳥 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    鹦鹉不离飞鸟 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: The Book of Rites, circa 4th – 2nd century BCE
    Yīngwǔ néng yán, bùlí fēiniǎo. [Pinyin]
    Even when a parrot talks, it still is a bird. [i.e. In order to be a civil human, one must do more than talking like one, but must act like one.]

Derived terms

  • 貓噬鸚鵡猫噬鹦鹉
  • 金鸚鵡金鹦鹉
  • 鸚鵡仔鹦鹉仔
  • 鸚鵡子鹦鹉子
  • 鸚鵡學舌鹦鹉学舌 (yīngwǔ xuéshé)
  • 鸚鵡杯鹦鹉杯
  • 鸚鵡洲鹦鹉洲
  • 鸚鵡熱鹦鹉热 (yīngwǔrè)
  • 鸚鵡病鹦鹉病
  • 鸚鵡目鹦鹉目
  • 鸚鵡科鹦鹉科
  • 鸚鵡能言,不離飛鳥鹦鹉能言,不离飞鸟
  • 鸚鵡螺鹦鹉螺 (yīngwǔluó)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鸚鵡):

Others:

  • → Manchu: ᡟᡝᠩᡤᡠᡥᡝ (yengguhe), ᡟᡝᠩᡤᡡᡥᡝ (yenggūhe, parrot)
  • → Sogdian: ʾymʾwtsy (parrot) < 鸚鵡子
    • → Tocharian A: yāmutsi (kind of waterfowl - flamingo?)
    • → Tocharian B: yāmuttsi (kind of waterfowl - flamingo?)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
おう
Hyōgaiji

Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

鸚鵡 (hiragana おうむ, katakana オウム, romaji ōmu, historical hiragana あうむ)

  1. a cockatoo (bird)

Derived terms

  •  () (ヤマ) (オウ) () (Miyama ōmu)

See also