離巢

Chinese

		to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from	nest
trad. (離巢)		離	巢
simp. (离巢)		离	巢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lícháo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄔㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴ caau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lícháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄔㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lícháo
    • Wade–Giles: li²-chʻao²
    • Yale: lí-cháu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lichaur
    • Palladius: личао (ličao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁴ caau⁴
    • Yale: lèih chàauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴ tsaau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴ cao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹ t͡sʰaːu̯²¹/

Verb

離巢

1. to leave the nest
2. (Cantonese, figurative, of an artist etc.) to leave one's parent company