九烏

Chinese

		nine	a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void
trad. (九烏)		九	烏
simp. (九乌)		九	乌
Literally: “nine crows”.

Etymology

See 九日. Figurative use of 烏 (“crow”) is from the three-legged crow living in the sun in Chinese mythology.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔwū

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² wu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔwū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒuwu
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³-wu¹
    • Yale: jyǒu-wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeouu
    • Palladius: цзюу (czjuu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² wu¹
    • Yale: gáu wū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² wu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² wu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ wuː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kjuwX 'u

Rime
Character	九	烏
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	舉有切	哀都切
Baxter	kjuwX	'u
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨuX/	/ʔuo/
Pan Wuyun	/kiuX/	/ʔuo/
Shao Rongfen	/kiəuX/	/ʔo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuwX/	/ʔɔ/
Li Rong	/kiuX/	/ʔo/
Wang Li	/kĭəuX/	/u/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ə̯uX/	/ʔuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǔ	wū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gau2	wu1

Noun

九烏

1. (literary, figuratively) nine suns