杜鵑

See also: 杜鹃

Chinese

		fabricate; restrict; to prevent	cuckoo
trad. (杜鵑)		杜	鵑
simp. (杜鹃)		杜	鹃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dùjuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ gyun¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tō͘-koan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dùjuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dùjyuan
    • Wade–Giles: tu⁴-chüan¹
    • Yale: dù-jywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duhjiuan
    • Palladius: дуцзюань (duczjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou⁶ gyun¹
    • Yale: douh gyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ gyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ gün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² kyːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-koan
    • Tâi-lô: tōo-kuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doxkoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁴¹⁻²² kuan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔ³³⁻¹¹ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ³³⁻²¹ kuan⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 杜鵑

1. cuckoo
2. azalea

Synonyms

• (cuckoo) 布穀鳥／布谷鸟 (bùgǔniǎo), 布穀／布谷 (bùgǔ), 杜宇 (dùyǔ), 子規／子规 (zǐguī), 鳲鳩／鸤鸠 (shījiū), 映山紅／映山红 (yìngshānhóng); (Min Nan) 豆仔鳥／豆仔鸟
• (azalea) 滿山紅／满山红 (mǎnshānhóng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (杜鵑):

• → Japanese: 杜鵑(とけん) (token)
• → Korean: 두견(杜鵑) (dugyeon)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 杜鵑 – see the following entry.

【ほととぎすホトトギス】 [noun] the lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus Alternative spellings 子規, 時鳥, 杜宇, 田鵑, 蜀魂, 郭公, 不如帰

(This term, 杜鵑, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
杜	鵑
と Jinmeiyō	けん Hyōgaiji
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 杜鵑 (MC duX kwen).

Noun

杜(と)鵑(けん) • (token) 

1. the lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus

References

Derived terms

• 杜鵑花(とけんか) (tokenka)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
杜	鵑

Noun

杜鵑 • (dugyeon) (hangeul 두견)

1. Hanja form^? of 두견 (“cuckoo, azalea”).