燕窩

See also: 燕窝

Chinese

		swallow (bird); surname; place name	nest
trad. (燕窩)		燕	窩
simp. (燕窝)		燕	窝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yànwō

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin³ wo¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'ien⁴ uo¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yen-vô / yan-vô
• Jin (Wiktionary): ie³ ve¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iàn-o

  (Teochew, Peng'im): in³ o¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yànwō
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yànwo
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴-wo¹
    • Yale: yàn-wō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannuo
    • Palladius: яньво (janʹvo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹ wɔ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yànwōr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄛㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yànwor
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴-wo¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: yàn-wōr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannuol
    • Palladius: яньвор (janʹvor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹ wɔɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin³ wo¹
    • Yale: yin wō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin³ wo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin³ wo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³³ wɔː⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'ien⁴ uo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈiɛn³⁵ uo⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yen-vô
    • Hakka Romanization System: ien vo´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan⁴ vo¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en⁵⁵ vo²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yan-vô
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian vo´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan⁴ vo¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an⁵⁵ vo²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ie³ ve¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ie⁴⁵ vɤ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàn-o
    • Tâi-lô: iàn-o
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iern'oy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iɛn²¹⁻⁵³ o⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ o⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /iɛn²¹⁻⁴² o⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /iɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ o³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ ɤ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: in³ o¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ìⁿ o
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ o³³/

Noun

燕窩

1. edible bird's nest (Classifier: 盞／盏 c)

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

Derived terms

• 燕窩湯／燕窝汤 (yànwōtāng)

 

Proper noun

燕窩

1. (～鎮) Yanwo (a town in Honghu, Jingzhou, Hubei, China)

Korean

Hanja in this term
燕	窩

Noun

燕窩 • (yeonwa) (hangeul 연와)

1. Hanja form^? of 연와 (“edible bird's nest”).