雷鳥

See also: 雷鸟

Chinese

		thunder	bird
trad. (雷鳥)		雷	鳥
simp. (雷鸟)		雷	鸟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): léiniǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴ niu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: léiniǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: léiniǎo
    • Wade–Giles: lei²-niao³
    • Yale: léi-nyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leineau
    • Palladius: лэйняо (lɛjnjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: léiniǎor
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: léiniǎor
    • Wade–Giles: lei²-niao³-ʼrh
    • Yale: léi-nyǎur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leineaul
    • Palladius: лэйняор (lɛjnjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵ ni̯aʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁴ niu⁵
    • Yale: lèuih níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴ niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴ niu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹ niːu̯¹³/

Noun

雷鳥

1. ptarmigan (several species in Lagopus)
2. (in native American mythology) thunderbird
3. (figurative) bravely advancing aircraft (undeterred by thunderstorms)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雷	鳥
らい Grade: S	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠it͡ɕo̞ː]
• (Tokyo) らいちょー [ràíchóó] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

雷(らい)鳥(ちょう) • (raichō) ^{←らいてう (raiteu)?}

1. rock ptarmigan, Lagopus muta

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ライチョウ (raichō).

Derived terms

• 蝦夷雷鳥(えぞらいちょう) (Ezo raichō)
• 樺太雷鳥(からふとらいちょう) (Karafuto raichō)
• 黒雷鳥(くろらいちょう) (kuro-raichō)

See also

• 雷神鳥(らいじんちょう) (raijinchō): a thunderbird

References

• “雷鳥”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026