鴛鴦
Chinese
trad. (鴛鴦) | 鴛 | 鴦 | |
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simp. (鸳鸯) | 鸳 | 鸯 |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Pair_of_mandarin_ducks.jpg/220px-Pair_of_mandarin_ducks.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Yuanyang_%28drink%29.jpg/150px-Yuanyang_%28drink%29.jpg)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun1 joeng1 / jin1 joeng1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yên-yông / yân-yông
- Eastern Min (BUC): uŏng-iŏng
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oan-iuⁿ / oan-ioⁿ
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1yoe-ian
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄢ ㄧㄤ → ㄩㄢ ˙ㄧㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: yuanyång
- Wade–Giles: yüan1-yang5
- Yale: ywān-yang
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuan.iang
- Palladius: юаньян (juanʹjan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɥɛn⁵⁵ jɑŋ⁵⁵/ → /ɥɛn⁵⁵ jɑŋ²/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jyun1 joeng1 / jin1 joeng1
- Yale: yūn yēung / yīn yēung
- Cantonese Pinyin: jyn1 joeng1 / jin1 joeng1
- Guangdong Romanization: yun1 yêng1 / yin1 yêng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyːn⁵⁵ jœːŋ⁵⁵/, /jiːn⁵⁵ jœːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yên-yông
- Hakka Romanization System: ienˊ iongˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yan1 yong1
- Sinological IPA: /i̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ i̯oŋ²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yân-yông
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)ianˊ (r)iongˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yan1 yong1
- Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)i̯oŋ²⁴/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: uŏng-iŏng
- Sinological IPA (key): /uoŋ⁵⁵ (Ø-)ŋyoŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: 'jwon|'won 'jang|'ang
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*quːn|qon qaːŋ|qaŋ/
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 鴛鴦
- mandarin duck (Classifier: 隻/只; 雙/双; 對/对)
- (figurative) objects or people occurring in inseparable pairs
- (figurative) affectionate couple; happily married couple
- yuanyang (a beverage made from mixing coffee with Hong Kong-style milk tea) (Classifier: 杯)
Derived terms
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Descendants
Others:
- Zhuang: roegyaemyieng
Proper noun
(deprecated template usage) 鴛鴦
Japanese
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Pair_of_mandarin_ducks.jpg/250px-Pair_of_mandarin_ducks.jpg)
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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鴛 | 鴦 |
おし | |
Hyōgai | Hyōgai |
jukujikun |
From 愛し (oshi, “dear, loving”, classical Japanese adjective), from the way the ducks are believed to mate for life and seldom stray far from one another.
The spelling is from Chinese, with 鴛 representing the male bird and 鴦 representing the female bird.
Pronunciation
Noun
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- (chiefly in compounds) a mandarin duck, Aix galericulata
- a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) featuring a mandarin duck
Derived terms
- アメリカオシ (amerika oshi)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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鴛 | 鴦 |
おしどり | |
Hyōgai | Hyōgai |
jukujikun |
Originally a compound of 愛し (oshi, “loving”) + 鳥 (tori, “bird”), from the way the ducks are believed to mate for life and seldom stray far from one another. The tori changes to dori as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
The spelling is from Chinese, with 鴛 representing the male bird and 鴦 representing the female bird.
Pronunciation
Noun
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- a mandarin duck, Aix galericulata
- (figurative) a pair of lovebirds, a loving couple
- a topknot or bun hairstyle wherein the hair is bunched on each side in a shape vaguely resembling two mandarin ducks
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 オシドリ.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term | |
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鴛 | 鴦 |
えん Hyōgai |
おう Hyōgai |
on'yomi |
/weɴau/ → /weɴɔː/ → /eɴoː/
From Middle Chinese 鴛鴦 (MC 'jwon|'won 'jang|'ang, literally “male mandarin duck + female mandarin duck”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
- (rare) a mandarin duck, Aix galericulata
- (rare, figurative) a pair of lovebirds, a loving couple
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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