相思鳥

Chinese

		to yearn for; to pine for; to miss each other to yearn for; to pine for; to miss each other; lovesickness	bird
trad. (相思鳥)		相思	鳥
simp. (相思鸟)		相思	鸟

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāngsīniǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄙㄋㄧㄠˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngsīniǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄙㄋㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siangsihniǎo
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-ssŭ¹-niao³
  - Yale: syāng-sz̄-nyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangsyneau
  - Palladius: сянсыняо (sjansynjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

相思鳥

red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)
(～屬) leiothrix (Leiothrix)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
相	思	鳥
そう Grade: 3	し Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そーしちょー [sòóshíchóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [so̞ːɕit͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

相(そう)思(し)鳥(ちょう) or 相思鳥(ソウシチョウ) • (sōshichō) ^{←さうしてう (sausiteu)^?}

red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea), a small bird

Usage notes

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

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN