燕巢

Chinese

		swallow (bird); surname; place name	nest
trad. (燕巢)		燕	巢
simp. #(燕巢)		燕	巢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàncháo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin³ caau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàn-châu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàncháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàncháo
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴-chʻao²
    • Yale: yàn-cháu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannchaur
    • Palladius: яньчао (janʹčao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin³ caau⁴
    • Yale: yin chàauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin³ tsaau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin³ cao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³³ t͡sʰaːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàn-châu
    • Tâi-lô: iàn-tsâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iernzaau
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sau²³/

Noun

燕巢

1. swallow's nest
2. (figurative) dwelling place

Derived terms

• 幕上燕巢
• 燕巢危幕
• 燕巢幕上
• 燕巢幙上
• 燕巢於幕／燕巢于幕
• 燕巢衛幕／燕巢卫幕
• 燕巢飛幕／燕巢飞幕

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (燕巢):

• → Korean: 연소(燕巢) (yeonso)
• → Vietnamese: yến sào (燕巢)

Proper noun

燕巢

1. (～區) Yanchao (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
燕	巢

Noun

燕巢

1. chữ Hán form of yến sào (“edible bird's nest”).