燕尾

Chinese

		swallow (bird); surname; place name	tail
trad. (燕尾)		燕	尾
simp. ^#(燕尾)		燕	尾

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yànwěi

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin³ mei⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yànwěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yànwěi
  - Wade–Giles: yen⁴-wei³
  - Yale: yàn-wěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannwoei
  - Palladius: яньвэй (janʹvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin³ mei⁵
  - Yale: yin méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin³ mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin³ méi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³³ mei̯¹³/

Noun

燕尾

swallow's tail; swallowtail; forked tail
streamer of a flag
(calligraphy) dense flourish on the right side of a major stroke in clerical script
Coordinate term: 蠶頭 / 蚕头 (cántóu)

Derived terms

燕尾服 (yànwěifú)
燕尾榫 (yànwěisǔn)
燕尾脊 (yànwěijǐ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
燕	尾
えん Jinmeiyō	び Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

燕(えん)尾(び) • (enbi)

swallowtail
a round-tipped 纓 (ei, “the tail of a 冠 (kanmuri, “traditional silk cap”)”)
a type of forked arrowhead in the shape of a swallow's tail
short for 燕尾帽 (enbibō, “a high black hat with long split sides, worn by monks and blind court musicians”)
(painting) a method of painting bamboo leaves in the 南画 (Nanga, “literati painting”) style

Derived terms

燕(えん)尾(び)鸛(こう) (enbikō, “maguari stork”)
燕(えん)尾(び)服(ふく) (enbifuku, “tailcoat”)