信天翁

Chinese

		letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	day; sky; heaven	elderly person
trad. (信天翁)		信	天	翁
simp. #(信天翁)		信	天	翁

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìntiānwēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ tin¹ jung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sìn-thian-ong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìntiānwēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìntianwong
    • Wade–Giles: hsin⁴-tʻien¹-wêng¹
    • Yale: syìn-tyān-wēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinntianueng
    • Palladius: синьтяньвэн (sinʹtjanʹvɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ wəŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon³ tin¹ jung¹
    • Yale: seun tīn yūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ tin¹ jung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên³ tin¹ yung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ jʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-thian-ong
    • Tâi-lô: sìn-thian-ong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sientien'ofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰiɛn³³ ɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 信天翁

1. albatross (seabird)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
信	天	翁
Grade: 4	Grade: 1	Grade: S
irregular

Compound of 阿呆(あほう) (ahō, “fool”) + 鳥(とり) (tori, “bird”). The tori changes to dori as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 信天翁 (xìntiānwēng).

Alternative forms

• 阿呆鳥, 阿房鳥

Noun

1. an albatross, especially the short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)

   Synonym: アルバトロス (arubatorosu)

   Hypernym: 水薙鳥 (mizunagidori)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 信天翁(アホウドリ)羽(ハ)蝨(ジラミ) (ahōdori hajirami)
• 黒足(クロアシ)信天翁(アホウドリ) (kuroashi ahōdori)
• 小(コ)信天翁(アホウドリ) (koahōdori)
• 煤色(ススイロ)信天翁(アホウドリ) (susuiro ahōdori)
• 渡(ワタリ)信天翁(アホウドリ) (watari ahōdori)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
信	天	翁
しん Grade: 4	てん Grade: 1	おう Grade: S
on'yomi

Possibly a borrowing from Mandarin 信天翁 (xìntiānwēng).

Compare Min Nan 信天翁 (sìn-thian-ong)

Noun

信(しん)天(てん)翁(おう) • (shinten'ō) ^{←しんてんをう (sinten'wou)?}

1. (rare) an albatross, especially the short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
信	天	翁

Noun

信天翁 • (sincheonong) (hangeul 신천옹)

1. hanja form^? of 신천옹 (“albatross”)