鳥巢

See also: 鸟巢

Chinese

		bird	nest
trad. (鳥巢)		鳥	巢
simp. (鸟巢)		鸟	巢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǎocháo

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): niu⁵ caau⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): cēu-càu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎocháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎocháo
    • Wade–Giles: niao³-chʻao²
    • Yale: nyǎu-cháu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neauchaur
    • Palladius: няочао (njaočao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎocháor
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄠˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎocháor
    • Wade–Giles: niao³-chʻao²-ʼrh
    • Yale: nyǎu-cháur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neauchaurl
    • Palladius: няочаор (njaočaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰaʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: niu⁵ caau⁴
    • Yale: níuh chàauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: niu⁵ tsaau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: niu⁵ cao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːu̯¹³ t͡sʰaːu̯²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cēu-càu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛu³³⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)ʒau⁵³/

Noun

鳥巢

1. bird's nest (Classifier: 隻／只 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鳥窩 (“bird's nest”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鳥巢
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鳥窩, 鳥巢
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鳥窩
	Harbin	鳥窩
	Singapore	鳥窩
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鳥窩
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	雀兒窩
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	雀兒窩
	Xining	雀兒窩
	Xuzhou	鳥窩, 鳥窩兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	鳥窩
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鳥窩, 雀雀窩窩, 雀兒窩窩
	Wuhan	雀子窩
	Guiyang	鳥窩
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鳥窩
	Yangzhou	鳥窩, 雀窩
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雀仔竇, 雀竇
	Hong Kong	雀竇, 雀巢
	Dongguan	雀竇
Gan	Nanchang	雀子窠
	Pingxiang	鳥窠
Hakka	Meixian	鳥竇
	Yudu	鳥子藪
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鳥竇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鳥竇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鳥竇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鳥竇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鳥竇
Huizhou	Jixi	鳥窠
Jin	Taiyuan	鳥窩
	Xinzhou	鳥兒窩
Northern Min	Jian'ou	隻仔巢
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鳥窩, 鳥宿
Southern Min	Xiamen	鳥岫
	Quanzhou	鳥岫
	Jinjiang	鳥岫
	Zhangzhou	鳥岫
	Taipei (Wanhua)	鳥岫
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	鳥仔岫
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	鳥仔岫
	Kaohsiung	鳥仔岫
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	鳥仔岫
	Yilan	鳥仔岫
	Yilan (Toucheng)	鳥仔岫
	Changhua (Lukang)	鳥仔岫
	Taichung	鳥岫
	Taichung (Wuqi)	鳥仔岫
	Tainan	鳥仔岫
	Tainan (Anping)	鳥仔岫
	Taitung	鳥仔岫
	Hsinchu	鳥岫
	Penghu (Magong)	鳥岫
	Penghu (Xiyu)	鳥仔岫
	Manila (Hokkien)	鳥岫
	Chaozhou	鳥岫
	Shantou	鳥岫
	Leizhou	鳥岫
	Haikou	鳥岫
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鳥竇
Wu	Shanghai	鳥窠
	Shanghai (Chongming)	將窠
	Suzhou	鳥窠
	Danyang	雀子窠
	Hangzhou	鳥窠, 雀兒窠
	Ningbo	鳥窠
	Wenzhou	鳥兒窠
	Jinhua	鳥窠, 鳥窠兒, 鳥兒窠, 鳥兒窠兒
Xiang	Changsha	鳥窩
	Loudi	鳥唧窠

Proper noun

鳥巢

1. (colloquial) Beijing National Stadium