鴕鳥

See also: 駝鳥, 鸵鸟, and 驼鸟

Chinese

		ostrich	bird
trad. (鴕鳥)		鴕	鳥
simp. (鸵鸟)		鸵	鸟
alternative forms		駝鳥／驼鸟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuóniǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): to⁴ niu⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thò-niâu
• Eastern Min (BUC): dò̤-nēu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tô-niáu / tô-chiáu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): to⁵ ziao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuóniǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuóniǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo²-niao³
    • Yale: twó-nyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twoneau
    • Palladius: тоняо (tonjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuóniǎor
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuóniǎor
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo²-niao³-ʼrh
    • Yale: twó-nyǎur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twoneaul
    • Palladius: тоняор (tonjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ³⁵ ni̯aʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: to⁴ niu⁵
    • Yale: tòh níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: to⁴ niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: to⁴ niu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː²¹ niːu̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thò-niâu
    • Hakka Romanization System: toˇ niau´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to² niau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰo¹¹ ni̯au̯²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dò̤-nēu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /to⁵³⁻³³ nˡɛu³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô-niáu
    • Tâi-lô: tô-niáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doiniao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /to²⁴⁻²² niãu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô-chiáu
    • Tâi-lô: tô-tsiáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doiciao
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ²³⁻³³ t͡siau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /to²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siau⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: to⁵ ziao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thô tsiáu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siau⁵²/

Noun

鴕鳥

1. ostrich (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)
2. (figuratively) one who ignores problems as if they don't exist; head-in-the-sand; ostrich

   鴕鳥政策／鸵鸟政策  ―  tuóniǎo zhèngcè  ―  ostrich policy

Synonyms

• (ostrich): 食火雞／食火鸡 (shíhuǒjī), 駝蹄雞／驼蹄鸡; (Min Nan) 長頷鳥／长颔鸟, 蹄鳥／蹄鸟

Derived terms

• 鴕鳥心態／鸵鸟心态
• 鴕鳥政策／鸵鸟政策 (tuóniǎo zhèngcè)
• 鴕鳥蛋／鸵鸟蛋

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (駝鳥／驼鸟 (tuóniǎo)):

• → Japanese: 駝鳥(だちょう) (dachō)
• → Korean: 타조(駝鳥) (tajo)
• → Vietnamese: đà điểu (鴕鳥)

Verb

鴕鳥

1. (figuratively) to ignore problems as if they don't exist; to have one's head in the sand; to act like an ostrich
   • 2019 May 9, Carrie Lam, parliamentary debates (Legislative Council)‎^[1], THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION:

     但是，既然李家超局長用了「鴕鳥」這兩個字，我也不能 不支持李家超局長這個說法ーー「鴕鳥」，我們「鴕鳥」了22年，但「鴕鳥」是有「鴕鳥」的原因，每一段時間的特區政府⋯⋯

     However, since Secretary John LEE has used the word "ostrich", I cannot but support this remark made by him―"ostrich". We have acted like an ostrich for 22 years, but there is a reason for acting in such a way. In each and every period, the SAR Government…

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
鴕	鳥

Noun

鴕鳥

1. chữ Hán form of đà điểu (“ostrich”).