信天翁

Chinese

		letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	day; sky; heaven	elderly person
simp. and trad. (信天翁)		信	天	翁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìntiānwēng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ tin¹ jung¹
Min Nan (POJ): sìn-thian-ong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xìntiānwēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinntianueng
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ u̯əŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seon³ tin¹ jung¹
  - Yale: seun tīn yūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ tin¹ jung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên³ tin¹ yung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ jʊŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-thian-ong
  - Tâi-lô: sìn-thian-ong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sientien'ofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰiɛn³³ ɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕin¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕin²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

信天翁 (classifier 隻／只 (zhī))

an albatross (seabird)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
信	天	翁
Grade: 4	Grade: 1	Grade: S
Irregular

Compound of 阿 (あ)呆 (ほう) (ahō, “fool”) + 鳥 (とり) (tori, “bird”). The tori changes to dori as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 信天翁.

Alternative forms

阿呆鳥, 阿房鳥

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) あほーどり [àhóꜜòdòrì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [a̠ho̞ːdo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

信天翁 (hiragana あほうどり, katakana アホウドリ, rōmaji ahōdori, historical hiragana あはうどり, historical katakana アハウドリ)

an albatross, especially the short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)
Synonym: アルバトロス (arubatorosu)

Hypernym: 水薙鳥 (mizunagidori)

Derived terms

Derived terms

信天翁 (アホウドリ)羽 (ハ)蝨 (ジラミ) (ahōdori hajirami)
黒足 (クロアシ)信天翁 (アホウドリ) (kuroashi ahōdori)
小 (コ)信天翁 (アホウドリ) (koahōdori)
煤色 (ススイロ)信天翁 (アホウドリ) (susuiro ahōdori)
渡 (ワタリ)信天翁 (アホウドリ) (watari ahōdori)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
信	天	翁
しん Grade: 4	てん Grade: 1	おう Grade: S
on’yomi

Possibly a borrowing from Mandarin 信天翁 (xìntiānwēng).

Compare Min Nan 信天翁 (sìn-thian-ong)

Noun

信天翁 (hiragana しんてんおう, rōmaji shinten'ō, historical hiragana しんてんをう)

(rare) an albatross, especially the short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
信	天	翁

Noun

信天翁 • (sincheonong, McCune-Reischauer: sinch'ŏnong, Yale: sīnchen.ong) (hangeul 신천옹)

Hanja form^? of 신천옹 (“albatross”).

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