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

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• 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 ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

不死鳥

1. (literal 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

• (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)?}

1. a phoenix (mythological bird)

   Synonym: フェニックス (fenikkusu)

See also

• 火(ひ)の鳥(とり) (hi no tori)
• 鳳(ほう)凰(おう) (hōō)
• 朱(す)雀(ざく) (Suzaku)

Korean

Hanja in this term
不	死	鳥

Noun

不死鳥 • (bulsajo) (hangeul 불사조)

1. Hanja form^? of 불사조 (“phoenix”).