八色鳥

Chinese

		eight	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance	bird
trad. (八色鳥)		八	色	鳥
simp. (八色鸟)		八	色	鸟

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bāsèniǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄙㄜˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāsèniǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄙㄜˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: basèniǎo
  - Wade–Giles: pa¹-sê⁴-niao³
  - Yale: bā-sè-nyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: basehneau
  - Palladius: басэняо (basɛnjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ sɤ⁵¹ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

八色鳥

fairy pitta (Pitta nympha)

Synonyms

仙八色鶇／仙八色鸫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	色	鳥
や Grade: 1	いろ Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 2
kun'yomi		on'yomi

Etymology

八色(やいろ) (yairo, “eight colours”) + 鳥(ちょう) (chō, “bird”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ja̠iɾo̞t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

八(や)色(いろ)鳥(ちょう) or 八色鳥(ヤイロチョウ) • (yairochō)

fairy pitta (Pitta nympha)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Korean

Hanja in this term
八	色	鳥

Noun

八色鳥 • (palsaekjo) (hangeul 팔색조)

hanja form^? of 팔색조