燕雀

Chinese

		swallow (bird); surname; place name	bird; lentigo; sparrow
trad. (燕雀)		燕	雀
simp. #(燕雀)		燕	雀

燕雀 (1)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yànquè

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin³ zoek³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàn-chhiok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yànquè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàncyuè
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴-chʻüeh⁴
    • Yale: yàn-chywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannchiueh
    • Palladius: яньцюэ (janʹcjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin³ zoek³
    • Yale: yin jeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin³ dzoek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin³ zêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³³ t͡sœːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàn-chhiok
    • Tâi-lô: iàn-tshiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iernchiog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰiɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

Noun

燕雀

1. bramble finch; brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
2. swallow and sparrow

Synonyms

• (brambling):

Dialectal synonyms of 燕雀 (“brambling”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		燕雀, 花雞, 花雀
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	花雀
Southern Min	Xiamen	芒東仔
	Quanzhou	芒東仔
	Zhangzhou	芒東仔, 芒東
	Leizhou	芒東鳥

Derived terms

• 掩目而捕燕雀 (yǎn mù ér bǔ yànquè)
• 燕雀安知鴻鵠志 / 燕雀安知鸿鹄志 (yànquè ān zhī hónghú zhì)
• 鴻鵠之志 / 鸿鹄之志 (hónghúzhīzhì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
燕	雀
えん Jinmeiyō	じゃく Jinmeiyō
on'yomi	kan'yōon

Noun

燕(えん)雀(じゃく) • (enjaku) 

1. swallows and sparrows
2. a person of small character and generosity

   Antonym: 鴻鵠