幾維鳥

Chinese

			bird
trad. (幾維鳥)		幾維	鳥
simp. (几维鸟)		几维	鸟

Etymology

Borrowed from English kiwi + Chinese 鳥／鸟 (“bird”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīwéiniǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄨㄟˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ wai⁴ niu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīwéiniǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄨㄟˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiwéiniǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-wei²-niao³
    • Yale: jī-wéi-nyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiweineau
    • Palladius: цзивэйняо (czivɛjnjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei¹ wai⁴ niu⁵
    • Yale: gēi wàih níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ wai⁴ niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi¹ wei⁴ niu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ wɐi̯²¹ niːu̯¹³/

Noun

幾維鳥

1. kiwi (bird)

Synonyms

• 無翼鳥／无翼鸟 (wúyìniǎo)