夜鷹
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Chinese
[edit]night | eagle; falcon; hawk | ||
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trad. (夜鷹) | 夜 | 鷹 | |
simp. (夜鹰) | 夜 | 鹰 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yèying
- Wade–Giles: yeh4-ying1
- Yale: yè-yīng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehing
- Palladius: еин (jein)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛ⁵¹ iŋ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: ye4 yin1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iejn
- Sinological IPA (key): /iɛ²¹³ in⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: je6 jing1
- Yale: yeh yīng
- Cantonese Pinyin: je6 jing1
- Guangdong Romanization: yé6 ying1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛː²² jɪŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
[edit]夜鷹
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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夜 | 鷹 |
よ Grade: 2 |
たか Jinmeiyō |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
[edit]From 夜 (yo, “night”) + 鷹 (taka, “hawk”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- a grey nightjar
- people who wander about until late
- (Edo) unlicensed prostitutes who worked the roadsides at night
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:娼婦
- Clipping of 夜鷹蕎麦 (yotaka soba, “late night soba sellers”).
Usage notes
[edit]As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).
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