鳳凰
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Chinese[edit]
male Chinese phoenix | female Chinese phoenix | ||
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trad. (鳳凰) | 鳳 | 凰 | |
simp. (凤凰) | 凤 | 凰 | |
alternative forms | 鳳皇/凤皇 | ||
anagram | 凰鳳/凰凤 |
Etymology[edit]
Miyake (2015) reconstructed Old Chinese pronunciation *N-prəm-s ɢʷˁɑŋ and proposed, though with uncertainty, that the mythical bird's name is the affixed form of 風皇 (“wind sovereign”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
鳳凰
Usage notes[edit]
In modern usage, 鳳凰 is often transliterated as fenghuang in English for distinction, while phoenix is also translated literally as 不死鳥/不死鸟 (bùsǐniǎo, literally “immortal bird”) in Chinese.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- 山雞變鳳凰/山鸡变凤凰
- 捧鳳凰似的/捧凤凰似的
- 老鴰窩裡出鳳凰/老鸹窝里出凤凰
- 落水的鳳凰不如雞/落水的凤凰不如鸡 (luòshuǐ de fènghuáng bùrú jī)
- 金鳳凰/金凤凰
- 雞棲鳳凰食/鸡栖凤凰食
- 飛上枝頭變鳳凰/飞上枝头变凤凰
- 鳳凰于飛/凤凰于飞
- 鳳凰來儀/凤凰来仪
- 鳳凰在笯/凤凰在笯 (fènghuáng zài nú)
- 鳳凰城/凤凰城 (Fènghuángchéng)
- 鳳凰山/凤凰山 (Fènghuángshān)
- 鳳凰木/凤凰木 (fènghuángmù)
- 鳳凰池/凤凰池
- 鳳凰無寶處不落/凤凰无宝处不落
- 鳳凰男/凤凰男 (fènghuángnán)
- 鳳凰竹/凤凰竹
- 鳳凰簫/凤凰箫
- 鳳凰臺/凤凰台
- 鳳凰花專線/凤凰花专线
- 鳳凰蛋/凤凰蛋
- 鳳凰飛上梧桐樹/凤凰飞上梧桐树
- 鴉窩裡出鳳凰/鸦窝里出凤凰
- 麻雀變鳳凰/麻雀变凤凰
Proper noun[edit]
鳳凰
- (~縣) Fenghuang (a county of Xiangxi prefecture, Hunan, China)
- (~街道) Fenghuang (a subdistrict of Echeng district, Ezhou, Hubei, China)
- (~鎮) Fenghuang (name of various towns in China)
- (~村) Fenghuang (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)
Descendants[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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鳳 | 凰 |
ほう Jinmeiyō |
おう Jinmeiyō |
on’yomi |
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
/pouwau/ → /ɸoːwɔː/ → /hoːɔː/ → /hoːoː/
Borrowing from Chinese 鳳凰/凤凰 (fènghuáng, literally “male fire-bird + female fire-bird”),[1][2][3] date of borrowing unknown.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- (Chinese mythology) fenghuang: a fabled Chinese fire-bird
- a style of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with a stylized fenghuang
- (shogi) phoenix: a piece in 中将棋 (chū-shōgi) and larger shogi variants
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
See also[edit]
See also
Proper noun[edit]
- a type of incense
- a place name
- a female given name
- a surname
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ “鳳凰”, in 世界大百科事典 第2版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean[edit]
Hanja in this term | |
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鳳 | 凰 |
Noun[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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鳳 | 凰 |
Verb[edit]
鳳凰
- chữ Hán form of phượng hoàng (“phoenix”).
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