不死鳥

Chinese

		to live forever; to be immortal	bird
trad. (不死鳥)		不死	鳥
simp. (不死鸟)		不死	鸟
Literally: “immortal bird”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùsǐniǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùsǐniǎo [Phonetic: bùsíniǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùsǐhniǎo
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-ssŭ³-niao³
  - Yale: bù-sž-nyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: busyyneau
  - Palladius: бусыняо (busynjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ njɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

不死鳥

(literally or figurative) phoenix

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	死	鳥
ふ Grade: 4	し Grade: 3	ちょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

不死 (fushi, “immortal; undying”) +‎ 鳥 (chō, “bird”)

/husiteu/ → /husityoː/, [ɸuɕitɕoː]

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon

(Tokyo) ふしちょー [fùshíchóó] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) ふしちょー [fùshíꜜchòò] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̊ᵝɕit͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

不(ふ)死(し)鳥(ちょう) • (fushichō) ^{←ふしてう (fusiteu)^?}

a phoenix (mythological bird)
Synonym: フェニックス (fenikkusu)

See also

Korean

Hanja in this term
不	死	鳥

Noun

不死鳥 • (bulsajo) (hangeul 불사조)

Hanja form^? of 불사조 (“phoenix”).

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