鷺鷥

Chinese

		heron
trad. (鷺鷥)		鷺	鷥
simp. (鹭鸶)		鹭	鸶

Etymology

From 鷺／鹭 (lù, “heron”) + 絲／丝 (sī, “silk”), referring to its silk-like plumes.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): lùsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄙ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nu⁴ si¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁶ si¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'lu⁵ si¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): lu⁴ si¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): lô-sĭ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lō͘-si
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lou⁵ sr¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lùsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lùsih
    • Wade–Giles: lu⁴-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: lù-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luhsy
    • Palladius: лусы (lusy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nu⁴ si¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lus
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu²¹³ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁶ si¹
    • Yale: louh sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁶ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²² siː⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'lu⁵ si¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈlu¹¹ sz̩⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lu⁴ si¹
    • Sinological IPA: /lu⁵³ sz̩⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lô-sĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃u²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)li⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘-si
    • Tâi-lô: lōo-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loxsy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ³³⁻²¹ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔ³³⁻¹¹ si⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: lou⁵ sr¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹ sz̩³³/

Noun

鷺鷥

1. little egret

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 白鷺 (“little egret”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		白鷺, 鷺鷥, 白鷺鷥
Mandarin	Beijing	老等, 長脖兒老等
	Taiwan	白鷺鷥
	Yantai (Muping)	窮等
	Jinan	鷺鷥
	Luoyang	老等
	Ürümqi	白鷺
	Wuhan	鷺鷥
	Chengdu	鷺鷥
	Guiyang	長頸鷺鷥
	Guilin	鷺鷥
	Liuzhou	白鳥, 鷺鷥
	Nanning (Wuming)	白鷺
	Xuzhou	白鷺, 鷺鷥
Cantonese	Guangzhou	釣魚郎
Gan	Nanchang	白鷺, 鷺鷥
	Pengze	鷺鷥
	Lichuan	鷺鷥
	Pingxiang	白翼子鳥
Hakka	Meixian	鷺鷥
	Yudu	白鷺
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	白鶴仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	白鶴仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	白鶴
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	白鶴
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	白鶴仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	白鶴
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	白鶴
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	白鶴
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	白卵鷥
Huizhou	Fuliang	鷺鷥
Northern Min	Jian'ou	白鷺鷥
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鷺鷥
Southern Min	Xiamen	白鴒鷥
	Quanzhou	白鷺鷥
	Yongchun	白鷺鷥
	Zhangzhou	白鴒鷥
	Taipei	白鴒鷥
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	白鴒鷥
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	白鴒鷥
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	白鴒鷥
	Kaohsiung	白鴒鷥
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	白鴒鷥
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	白鴒鷥
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	白鴒鷥
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	白鴒鷥
	Yilan	白鴒鷥
	Yilan (Luodong)	白鴒鷥
	Yilan (Toucheng)	白鴒鷥
	Changhua (Lukang)	白鴒鷥
	Taichung	白鴒鷥
	Tainan	白鴒鷥
	Tainan (Anping)	白鴒鷥
	Taitung (Green Island)	白鴒鷥
	Hsinchu	白鴒鷥
	Pingtung (Liuqiu)	白鴒鷥
	Kinmen	白鷺鷥
	Penghu (Magong)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Pengnan)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Xiyu)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Huxi)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Wangan)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Cimei)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Huayu)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Zhongtun)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Houliao)	白鴒鷥
	Penghu (Tongliang)	白鴒鷥
	Penghu (Jibei)	白鴒鷥
	Singapore (Hokkien)	白鷺鷥, 白鴒鷥
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	白鷺鷥
	Jieyang	白鷺鷥
	Haifeng	白鷺鷥
	Haikou	白腔鷥
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	白鶿
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鷺鷥
Wu	Shanghai (Songjiang)	長腳鷺鷥
	Suzhou	鷺鷥
	Danyang	鷺鷥
	Hangzhou	長腳鷺鷥
	Ningbo	鷺鷥
Xiang	Changsha	鷺鷥, 白鷺仙, 長腳鷺鷥
	Miluo (Changle)	鷺鷥, 白鷺仙
	Loudi	白脖