燕窩

See also: 燕窝

Chinese

		swallow (bird); surname; place name	nest
trad. (燕窩)		燕	窩
simp. (燕窝)		燕	窝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yànwō

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin³ wo¹
Gan (Wiktionary): 'ien⁴ uo¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yen-vô / yan-vô
Jin (Wiktionary): ie³ ve¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): iàn-o

(Teochew, Peng'im): in³ o¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yànwō
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yànwo
  - Wade–Giles: yen⁴-wo¹
  - Yale: yàn-wō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannuo
  - Palladius: яньво (janʹvo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹ wɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yànwōr
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄛㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yànwor
  - Wade–Giles: yen⁴-wo¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: yàn-wōr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannuol
  - Palladius: яньвор (janʹvor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹ wɔɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin³ wo¹
  - Yale: yin wō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin³ wo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin³ wo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³³ wɔː⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'ien⁴ uo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈiɛn³⁵ uo⁴²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yen-vô
  - Hakka Romanization System: ien vo^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan⁴ vo¹
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯en⁵⁵ vo²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yan-vô
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian vo^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan⁴ vo¹
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an⁵⁵ vo²⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ie³ ve¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ie⁴⁵ vɤ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàn-o
  - Tâi-lô: iàn-o
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iern'oy
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iɛn²¹⁻⁵³ o⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /iɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ o⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Singapore): /iɛn²¹⁻⁴² o⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /iɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ o³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ ɤ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: in³ o¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ìⁿ o
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ o³³/

Noun

燕窩

edible bird's nest (Classifier: 盞／盏 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 燕窩 (“edible bird's nest”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		燕窩
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	燕窩
Cantonese	Hong Kong	燕窩
Gan	Nanchang	燕窩
Gan	Pingxiang	燕子窠
Hakka	Yudu	燕窩
Huizhou	Jixi	燕窠
Jin	Taiyuan	燕窩
Jin	Xinzhou	燕兒窩
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	燕菜
Southern Min	Manila (Hokkien)	燕窩

Derived terms

燕窩湯 / 燕窝汤 (yànwōtāng)

Proper noun

燕窩

(～鎮) Yanwo (a town in Honghu, Jingzhou, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
燕	窩
えん Jinmeiyō	か Hyōgai
on'yomi	kan'yōon

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Perhaps borrowed from Chinese 燕窩 / 燕窝 (yànwō).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えんか [éꜜǹkà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ŋka̠]

Noun

燕(えん)窩(か) • (enka)

edible bird's nest (nest of certain birds, popular in Chinese cuisine)
Synonyms: 燕巣 (enzu), 燕巣 (ensō)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“燕窩”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
燕	窩

Noun

燕窩 • (yeonwa) (hangeul 연와)

hanja form^? of 연와 (“edible bird's nest”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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