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

  (Pinyin): lùsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁶ si¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lō͘-si

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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/
• 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/
• 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/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 鷺鷥

1. egret

(deprecated template usage)