鳳凰

Chinese

		male Chinese phoenix	female Chinese phoenix
trad. (鳳凰)		鳳	凰
simp. (凤凰)		凤	凰
anagram		凰鳳／凰凤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): fènghuáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): фынхуон (III-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung⁶ wong⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fung-fòng
• Min Nan (POJ): hōng-hông
• Wu (Wiktionary): von hhuaan (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fènghuáng → fènghuang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ → ㄈㄥˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenq.hwang
    • IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/ → /fɤŋ⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: фынхуон (III-I)
    • IPA ^(key): /fə̃⁴⁴ xuɔn²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung⁶ wong⁴
    • Yale: fuhng wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung⁶ wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung⁶ wong⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ²² wɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fung-fòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: fung fongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fung⁴ fong²
    • IPA: /fuŋ⁵⁵ foŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōng-hông
    • Tâi-lô: hōng-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxnghoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: von hhuaan (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /v̻ʊŋ²² ɦɯɑ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

鳳凰

1. (Chinese mythology) fenghuang, better known as the "Chinese phoenix"

Synonyms

• (Quanzhou Min Nan) 凰鳳／凰凤

Derived terms

Derived terms from 鳳凰

• 山雞變鳳凰／山鸡变凤凰
• 捧鳳凰似的／捧凤凰似的
• 老鴰窩裡出鳳凰／老鸹窝里出凤凰
• 金鳳凰／金凤凰
• 雞棲鳳凰食／鸡栖凤凰食
• 飛上枝頭變鳳凰／飞上枝头变凤凰
• 鳳凰于飛／凤凰于飞
• 鳳凰來儀／凤凰来仪
• 鳳凰在笯／凤凰在笯
• 鳳凰山／凤凰山
• 鳳凰木／凤凰木 (fènghuángmù)

• 鳳凰池／凤凰池
• 鳳凰無寶處不落／凤凰无宝处不落
• 鳳凰男／凤凰男 (fènghuángnán)
• 鳳凰竹／凤凰竹
• 鳳凰簫／凤凰箫
• 鳳凰臺／凤凰台
• 鳳凰花專線／凤凰花专线
• 鳳凰蛋／凤凰蛋
• 鳳凰飛上梧桐樹／凤凰飞上梧桐树
• 鴉窩裡出鳳凰／鸦窝里出凤凰
• 麻雀變鳳凰／麻雀变凤凰

Proper noun

鳳凰

1. (～縣) Fenghuang (a county of Xiangxi, Hunan, China)
2. (～街道) Fenghuang (a subdistrict of Echeng, Ezhou, Hubei, China)
3. (～鎮) Fenghuang (a town in Xinzhou, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鳳凰):

• Japanese: 鳳 (ほう)凰 (おう) (hōō)
• Korean: 봉황 (鳳凰, bonghwang)
• Vietnamese: phượng hoàng (鳳凰)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
鳳	凰
ほう Jinmeiyō	おう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 鳳皇

Etymology

/houwau/ → /hoːwɔː/ → /hoːɔː/ → /hoːoː/

Borrowing from Chinese 鳳凰 (fènghuáng, literally “male fire-bird + female fire-bird”), date of borrowing unknown.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ほーお​ー [hòóóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA^(key): [ho̞ːo̞ː]

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Noun

鳳凰 (hiragana ほうおう, rōmaji hōō, historical hiragana ほうわう)

1. (Chinese mythology) fenghuang: a fabled Chinese fire-bird

   Synonyms: 大鳥 (ōtori), 鳳鳥 (hōchō)

2. a style of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with a stylized fenghuang

   Hyponyms: 鳳凰丸 (hōō-maru), 桐に鳳凰 (kiri ni hōō)

3. (shogi) phoenix: a piece in 中将棋 (chū-shōgi) and larger shogi variants

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 鳳凰 (ホウオウ)貝 (ガイ) (hōōgai)
• ほうおう座 (ざ), 鳳 (ほう)凰 (おう)座 (ざ) (Hōōza)
• 鳳 (ほう)凰 (おう)三 (さん)山 (ざん) (Hōō Sanzan)
• 鳳凰 (ホウオウ)雀 (ジャク) (hōōjaku)
• 鳳凰 (ホウオウ)沙参 (シャジン) (hōō shajin)
• 鳳凰 (ホウオウ)杉 (スギ) (hōō sugi)
• 鳳凰 (ホウオウ)草 (ソウ) (hōōsō)
• 鳳凰 (ホウオウ)竹 (チク) (hōōchiku)
• 鳳 (ほう)凰 (おう)堂 (どう) (Hōōdō)
• 鳳 (ほう)凰 (おう)の舞 (まい) (hōō no mai)
• 鳳凰 (ホウオウ)木 (ボク) (hōōboku)
• 鳳 (ほう)凰 (おう)丸 (まる) (hōō-maru)
• 鳳 (ほう)凰 (おう)文 (もん) (hōō mon)
• 桐 (きり)に鳳 (ほう)凰 (おう) (kiri ni hōō)
• 朝 (ちょう)陽 (よう)鳳 (ほう)凰 (おう) (chōyō hōō)
• 瑠 (ル)璃 (リ)鳳凰 (ホウオウ) (ruri hōō)

See also

See also

• 鳳 (ほう)眼 (がん) (hōgan)
• 鳳 (ほう)尾 (び) (hōbi)
• 瑞鳥 (ずいちょう) (zuichō)
• 朱 (す)雀 (ざく) (Suzaku, “Vermilion Bird”)
• 鵬 (ほう) (hō, “peng”)
• フェニックス (fenikkusu, “phoenix”)
• 霊 (れい)鳥 (ちょう) (reichō)

Proper noun

鳳凰 (hiragana ほうおう, rōmaji Hōō, historical hiragana ほうわう)

1. a type of incense
2. a place name
3. a female given name
4. a surname

Derived terms

• 鳳 (ほう)凰 (おう)山 (さん) (Hōō-san)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
鳳	凰

Noun

鳳凰 • (bonghwang) (hangeul 봉황)

1. Hanja form^? of 봉황 (“fenghuang”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
鳳	凰

Verb

鳳凰

1. Hán tự form of phượng hoàng, “phoenix”