鴯鶓

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (鴯鶓)		鴯	鶓
simp. (鸸鹋)		鸸	鹋

Etymology

Borrowed from English emu. Borrowed via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): érmiáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˊ ㄇㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ miu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: érmiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˊ ㄇㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: érmiáo
    • Wade–Giles: êrh²-miao²
    • Yale: ér-myáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erlmiau
    • Palladius: эрмяо (ermjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ miu⁴
    • Yale: yìh mìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ miu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ miu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ miːu̯²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 鴯鶓

1. emu

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
鴯	鶓
え Hyōgai	みゅう Hyōgai
irregular

Etymology

See エミュー.

The kanji spelling is very rare. The expected on'yomi might be nimyō or jibyō. The spelling instead appears to be a borrowing from modern Chinese 鴯鶓／鸸鹋 (érmiáo).

Noun

鴯鶓(エミュー) • (emyū) 

1. (very rare) Alternative spelling of エミュー (“emu”).