紫鷺

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace	heron
trad. (紫鷺)		紫	鷺
simp. (紫鹭)		紫	鹭
Literally: “purple heron”.

Etymology

Compare English purple heron, translingual Ardea purpurea.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄌㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhlù
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-lu⁴
    • Yale: dž-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyluh
    • Palladius: цзылу (czylu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/

Noun

紫鷺

1. purple heron (Ardea purpurea)