白鷺鷥

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	little egret
trad. (白鷺鷥)		白	鷺鷥
simp. (白鹭鸶)		白	鹭鸶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báilùsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄨˋ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ lou⁶ si¹
• Northern Min (KCR): bā-lū-sí
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-lō͘-si

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bêh⁸ liao⁶ si¹ / bêh⁸ liou⁶ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báilùsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄨˋ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báilùsih
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-lu⁴-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: bái-lù-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairluhsy
    • Palladius: байлусы (bajlusy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ lu⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ lou⁶ si¹
    • Yale: baahk louh sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ lou⁶ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ lou⁶ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² lou̯²² siː⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bā-lū-sí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁵⁵ lu⁵⁵ si⁵⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Yongchun, Kinmen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-lō͘-si
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-lōo-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqloxsy
    • IPA (Singapore): /pe(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ lɔ²²⁻²¹ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² lɔ⁴¹⁻²² si³³/
    • IPA (Yongchun): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lɔ²²⁻²¹ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /pe(ʔ)⁵⁴⁻¹² lɔ²²⁻¹² si⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bêh⁸ liao⁶ si¹ / bêh⁸ liou⁶ si¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pe̍h liău si / pe̍h liŏu si
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peʔ⁴⁻² liau³⁵⁻¹¹ si³³/, /peʔ⁴⁻² liou³⁵⁻¹¹ si³³/

Noun

白鷺鷥

1. little egret (Egretta garzetta)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 白鷺 (“little egret”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		白鷺, 鷺鷥, 白鷺鷥
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	老等, 長脖兒老等
	Taiwan	白鷺鷥
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鷺鷥
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	窮等
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	老等
	Xuzhou	白鷺, 鷺鷥
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	白鷺
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鷺鷥
	Wuhan	鷺鷥
	Guiyang	長頸鷺鷥
	Guilin	鷺鷥
	Liuzhou	白鳥, 鷺鷥
	Nanning (Wuming)	白鷺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	釣魚郎
Gan	Nanchang	白鷺, 鷺鷥
	Pengze	鷺鷥
	Lichuan	鷺鷥
	Pingxiang	白翼子鳥
Hakka	Meixian	鷺鷥
	Yudu	白鷺
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	白鶴仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	白鶴仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	白鶴
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	白鶴
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	白鶴仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	白鶴
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	白鶴
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	白鶴
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	白卵鷥
Huizhou	Fuliang	鷺鷥
Northern Min	Jian'ou	白鷺鷥
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鷺鷥
Southern Min	Xiamen	白鴒鷥
	Quanzhou	白鷺鷥
	Yongchun	白鷺鷥
	Zhangzhou	白鴒鷥
	Taipei	白鴒鷥
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	白鴒鷥
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	白鴒鷥
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	白鴒鷥
	Kaohsiung	白鴒鷥
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	白鴒鷥
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	白鴒鷥
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	白鴒鷥
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	白鴒鷥
	Yilan	白鴒鷥
	Yilan (Luodong)	白鴒鷥
	Yilan (Toucheng)	白鴒鷥
	Changhua (Lukang)	白鴒鷥
	Taichung	白鴒鷥
	Tainan	白鴒鷥
	Tainan (Anping)	白鴒鷥
	Taitung (Green Island)	白鴒鷥
	Hsinchu	白鴒鷥
	Pingtung (Liuqiu)	白鴒鷥
	Kinmen	白鷺鷥
	Penghu (Magong)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Pengnan)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Xiyu)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Huxi)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Wangan)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Cimei)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Huayu)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Zhongtun)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Houliao)	白鴒鷥
	Penghu (Tongliang)	白鴒鷥
	Penghu (Jibei)	白鴒鷥
	Singapore (Hokkien)	白鷺鷥, 白鴒鷥
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	白鷺鷥
	Jieyang	白鷺鷥
	Haifeng	白鷺鷥
	Haikou	白腔鷥
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	白鶿
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鷺鷥
Wu	Shanghai (Songjiang)	長腳鷺鷥
	Suzhou	鷺鷥
	Danyang	鷺鷥
	Hangzhou	長腳鷺鷥
	Ningbo	鷺鷥
Xiang	Changsha	鷺鷥, 白鷺仙, 長腳鷺鷥
	Miluo (Changle)	鷺鷥, 白鷺仙
	Loudi	白脖