鷽鳩

Chinese

		oriental bullfinch	turtle-dove; Turtur orientalis
trad. (鷽鳩)		鷽	鳩
simp. (鸴鸠)		鸴	鸠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuéjiū

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hok⁶ kau⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuéjiū
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuejiou
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hok⁶ kau⁶
  - Yale: hohk kauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hok⁹ kau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hog⁶ keo⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔːk̚² kʰɐu̯²²/

Noun

鷽鳩

(literary) kind of pigeon
(literary) turtledove
(literary, figuratively) base person

Synonyms

(turtledove): 斑鳩／斑鸠 (bānjiū), (literary) 學鳩／学鸠 (xuéjiū), (Min Nan) 鵁隹／䴔隹, (Min Nan) 斑鴿／斑鸽

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