白鳥

See also: 白鸟

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	bird
trad. (白鳥)		白	鳥
simp. (白鸟)		白	鸟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báiniǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ niu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báiniǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báiniǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-niao³
    • Yale: bái-nyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairneau
    • Palladius: байняо (bajnjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báiniǎor
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báiniǎor
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-niao³-ʼrh
    • Yale: bái-nyǎur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairneaul
    • Palladius: байняор (bajnjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ni̯aʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ niu⁵
    • Yale: baahk níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ niu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² niːu̯¹³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 白鳥

1. white-feathered bird, such as swan, heron, crane
2. Alternative name for 蚊子 (wénzi, “mosquito”).

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	鳥
はく Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

白 (haku, “white”) +‎ 鳥 (chō, “bird”)

Noun

1. a swan (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)

See also

• 白(はく)鳥(ちょう)座(ざ) (hakuchōza, “Cygnus”)
• 黒(コク)鳥(チョウ) (kokuchō, “black swan”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	鳥
しろ Grade: 1	とり Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
白	鳥
しら Grade: 1	とり Grade: 2
kun'yomi

白 (shira, shiro, “white”) +‎ 鳥 (tori, “bird”)

Noun

白(しら)鳥(とり) or 白(しろ)鳥(とり) • (shiratori or shirotori) 

1. (literal) a white-feathered bird
2. a swan (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)

Proper noun

白(しら)鳥(とり) or 白鳥(proper) • (shiratori or proper) [[Category:Japanese
|しらとり]]

1. a surname

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Korean

Hanja in this term
白	鳥

Noun

白鳥 • (baekjo) (hangeul 백조)

1. Hanja form^? of 백조 (“swan”).
2. white heron, compare 백로