鴛鴦

Chinese

trad. (鴛鴦)		鴛	鴦
simp. (鸳鸯)		鸳	鸯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuānyāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢ ㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun¹ joeng¹ / jin¹ joeng¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yên-yông / yân-yông
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oan-iuⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuānyāng → yuānyang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • 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/
• 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/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yên-yông
    • Hakka Romanization System: ien^ˊ iong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹ yong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ i̯oŋ²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yân-yông
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian^ˊ (r)iong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹ yong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)i̯oŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oan-iuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: uan-iunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oan'viw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁴⁴⁻²² iũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan³³ iũ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁴⁴⁻²² iũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /uan⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 鴛鴦

1. a mandarin duck
2. an affectionate couple
3. yuanyang (a beverage made from mixing coffee with Hong Kong-style milk tea)

• 
  鴛鴦 (mandarin ducks)
• 
  鴛鴦 (beverage)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

鴛鴦 (oshi, oshidori, en'ō): a pair of mandarin ducks.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鴛	鴦
Hyōgai	Hyōgai
irregular

From 愛し (oshi, “dear, loving”), from the way the ducks are believed to mate for life and seldom stray far from one another.

The spelling is from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Chinese, with 鴛 representing the male bird and 鴦 representing the female bird.

Noun

鴛鴦(おし) • (oshi) ^{←をし (wosi)?}

1. a mandarin duck, Aix galericulata
2. a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) featuring a mandarin duck

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鴛	鴦
Hyōgai	Hyōgai
irregular

Originally a compound of 愛し (oshi, “lovely”) +‎ 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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Chinese, with 鴛 representing the male bird and 鴦 representing the female bird.

Noun

鴛鴦(おしどり) or 鴛鴦(オシドリ) • (oshidori) ^{←をしどり (wosidori)?}

1. a mandarin duck, Aix galericulata
2. (figurative) a pair of lovebirds: a loving couple
3. a topknot or bun hairstyle wherein the hair is bunched on each side in a shape vaguely resembling two mandarin ducks

Derived terms

• 鴛鴦夫婦(おしどりふうふ) (oshidori fūfu): a loving couple

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.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
鴛	鴦
えん Hyōgai	おう Hyōgai
on'yomi

/weɴau/ → /weɴɔː/ → /eɴoː/

From Chinese 鴛鴦／鸳鸯 (yuānyāng).

Noun

鴛(えん)鴦(おう) • (en'ō) ^{←ゑんあう (wen'au)?}

1. a mandarin duck, Aix galericulata
2. (figurative) a pair of lovebirds: a loving couple

Usage notes

The en'ō reading appears to be less common than oshidori above.