鶺鴒

See also: 鹡鸰

Chinese

			wagtail; lark
trad. (鶺鴒)		鶺	鴒
simp. (鹡鸰)		鹡	鸰
alternative forms		脊令 䳭鴒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jílíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik³ ling⁴, zik³ ling⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chit-lêng / chek-lêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jílíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jílíng
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-ling²
    • Yale: jí-líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiling
    • Palladius: цзилин (czilin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik³ ling⁴, zik³ ling⁶
    • Yale: jik lìhng, jik lihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁸ ling⁴, dzik⁸ ling⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig³ ling⁴, jig³ ling⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚³ lɪŋ²¹/, /t͡sɪk̚³ lɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-lêng / chek-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-lîng / tsik-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: citleeng, zekleeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/, /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/, /t͡siɪk̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁵ liɪŋ¹³/, /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/, /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ liɪŋ²³/, /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liɪŋ²³/

Noun

鶺鴒

1. wagtail

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 牛屎鳥仔／牛屎鸟仔
• 雝渠

Japanese

Borrowed from Chinese 鶺鴒／鹡鸰 (jílíng).

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鶺	鴒
せき Hyōgaiji	れい Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
セキレイ

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せきれー [sèkíréé] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) せき​れー [sèkíꜜrèè] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [se̞kʲiɾe̞ː]

Noun

鶺(せき)鴒(れい) or 鶺鴒(セキレイ) • (sekirei) 

1. wagtail

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 セキレイ.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鶺	鴒
つつ
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

鶺鴒(つつ) • (tsutsu) 

1. (archaic, poetic) wagtail

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
鶺	鴒
にわくなぶり
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iɰᵝa̠kɯ̟ᵝna̠bɯ̟ᵝɾʲi]

Noun

鶺鴒(にわくなぶり) • (niwakunaburi) 

1. (archaic, poetic) wagtail

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
鶺	鴒
まなばしら
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠na̠ba̠ɕiɾa̠]

Noun

鶺鴒(まなばしら) • (manabashira) 

1. (archaic, poetic) wagtail

Korean

Hanja in this term
鶺	鴒

Noun

鶺鴒 • (cheongnyeong) (hangeul 척령)

1. Hanja form^? of 척령.