信天翁

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Chinese

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

Etymology

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìntiānwēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ tin¹ jung¹
• Min Nan (POJ): sìn-thian-ong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xìntiānwēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinntianueng
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ u̯əŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon³ tin¹ jung¹
    • Yale: seun tīn yūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ tin¹ jung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên³ tin¹ yung¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ jʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-thian-ong
    • Tâi-lô: sìn-thian-ong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sientien'ofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰiɛn³³ ɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕin¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕin²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

信天翁 (classifier 隻／只 (zhī))

1. albatross (seabird)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
信	天	翁
Grade: 4	Grade: 1	Grade: S
Irregular

Compound of 阿 (あ)呆 (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.

Alternative forms

• 阿呆鳥, 阿房鳥

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) あほ​ーどり [àhóꜜòdòrì] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA^(key): [a̠ho̞ːdo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

信天翁 (hiragana あほうどり, katakana アホウドリ, rōmaji ahōdori, historical hiragana あはうどり, historical katakana アハウドリ)

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

   Synonym: アルバトロス (arubatorosu)

   Hypernym: 水薙鳥 (mizunagidori)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 信天翁 (アホウドリ)羽 (ハ)蝨 (ジラミ) (ahōdori hajirami)
• 黒足 (クロアシ)信天翁 (アホウドリ) (kuroashi ahōdori)
• 小 (コ)信天翁 (アホウドリ) (koahōdori)
• 煤色 (ススイロ)信天翁 (アホウドリ) (susuiro ahōdori)
• 渡 (ワタリ)信天翁 (アホウドリ) (watari ahōdori)

Etymology 2

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

Possibly a borrowing from Mandarin 信天翁 (xìntiānwēng).

Compare Min Nan 信天翁 (sìn-thian-ong)

Noun

信天翁 (hiragana しんてんおう, rōmaji shinten'ō, historical hiragana しんてんをう)

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

References

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Korean

Hanja in this term
信	天	翁

Noun

信天翁 • (sincheonong, McCune-Reischauer: sinch'ŏnong, Yale: sīnchen.ong) (hangeul 신천옹)

1. Hanja form^? of 신천옹 (“albatross”).