信天翁

Chinese

		letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	day; sky; heaven	elderly person
trad. (信天翁)		信	天	翁
simp. ^#(信天翁)		信	天	翁

Wikipedia has an article on:

信天翁科

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìntiānwēng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ tin¹ jung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sìn-thian-ong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìntiānwēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìntianwong
  - Wade–Giles: hsin⁴-tʻien¹-wêng¹
  - Yale: syìn-tyān-wēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinntianueng
  - Palladius: синьтяньвэн (sinʹtjanʹvɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ wəŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seon³ tin¹ jung¹
  - Yale: seun tīn yūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ tin¹ jung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên³ tin¹ yung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ jʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-thian-ong
  - Tâi-lô: sìn-thian-ong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sientien'ofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰiɛn³³ ɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sin¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

信天翁

albatross (seabird) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
信	天	翁
あほうどり
Grade: 4	Grade: 1	Grade: S
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
阿呆鳥阿房鳥

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

アホウドリ

Wikipedia ^ja

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Short-tailed albatross

Wikipedia

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

アホウドリ科

Wikipedia ^ja

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Albatross

Wikipedia

Compound of 阿呆(あほう) (ahō, “fool”) + 鳥(とり) (tori, “bird”). The tori changes to dori as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 信天翁 (xìntiānwēng).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あほーどり [àhóꜜòdòrì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [a̠ho̞ːdo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

信天翁(あほうどり) or 信天翁(アホウドリ) • (ahōdori) ^{←あはうどり (afaudori) or アハウドリ (afaudori)^?}

an albatross, especially the short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)
Synonym: アルバトロス (arubatorosu)

Hypernym: 水薙鳥 (mizunagidori)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
信	天	翁
しん Grade: 4	てん Grade: 1	おう Grade: S
on'yomi		kan'on

Possibly a borrowing from Chinese 信天翁 (xìntiānwēng).

Compare Hokkien 信天翁 (sìn-thian-ong).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕĩntẽ̞ɰ̃o̞ː]

Noun

信(しん)天(てん)翁(おう) • (shinten'ō) ^{←しんてんをう (sinten'wou)^?}

(rare) an albatross, especially the short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
信	天	翁

Noun

信天翁 • (sincheonong) (hangeul 신천옹)

hanja form^? of 신천옹 (“albatross”)

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

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[1]

[2]