燕子窠

Chinese

		swallow	nest
trad. (燕子窠)		燕子	窠
simp. #(燕子窠)		燕子	窠

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵i-tsy-khu

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• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵i-tsy-khu
    • MiniDict: i^去 tsy khu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²i-tsr-khu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /i³³ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ kʰu²¹/

Noun

燕子窠

1. (Pingxiang Gan) swallow nest
2. (Wu, dated in Shanghainese) opium den

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 燕窩 (“edible bird's nest”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		燕窩
Mandarin	Taiwan	燕窩
Cantonese	Hong Kong	燕窩
Gan	Nanchang	燕窩
	Pingxiang	燕子窠
Hakka	Yudu	燕窩
Huizhou	Jixi	燕窠
Jin	Taiyuan	燕窩
	Xinzhou	燕兒窩
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	燕菜
Southern Min	Manila (Hokkien)	燕窩

• (opium den): 煙館／烟馆 (yānguǎn), 鴉片館／鸦片馆 (yāpiànguǎn), 鴉片窟／鸦片窟