鸚鵡

See also: 鹦鹉

Chinese

	phonetic
trad. (鸚鵡)	鸚	鵡
simp. (鹦鹉)	鹦	鹉
2nd round simp.	𰋷武
alternative forms	鸚䳇／鹦𱉞

Etymology

Attested earliest in Book of Rites.

For more, see 鸚 (OC *qreːŋ) and 鵡 (OC *maʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīngwǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jing¹ mou⁵
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): yin¹ vu³
Northern Min (KCR): áing-ǔ
Eastern Min (BUC): ĕng-ū
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): eng-bú

(Teochew, Peng'im): êng¹ bu²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹an-vu; ¹in-vu
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): in¹ u³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīngwǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yingwǔ
  - Wade–Giles: ying¹-wu³
  - Yale: yīng-wǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ingwuu
  - Palladius: инъу (inʺu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    英武
    鸚鵡 / 鹦鹉
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīngwǔr
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥㄨˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yingwǔr
  - Wade–Giles: ying¹-wu³-ʼrh
  - Yale: yīng-wǔr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ingwuul
  - Palladius: инъур (inʺur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ uɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jing¹ mou⁵
  - Yale: yīng móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jing¹ mou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ying¹ mou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ⁵⁵ mou̯¹³/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    英武
    鸚鵡 / 鹦鹉
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yin¹ vu³
  - Sinological IPA: /in⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ʋu³¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: áing-ǔ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aiŋ⁵⁴ u²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ĕng-ū
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛiŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(Ø-)ŋu³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eng-bú
  - Tâi-lô: ing-bú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: engbuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ³³ bu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: êng¹ bu²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: eng pú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /eŋ³³⁻²³ pu⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹an-vu; ¹in-vu
  - MiniDict: an^平 vu; in^平 vu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹an-vu; ¹in-vu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ã⁵⁵ vu²¹/, /in⁵⁵ vu²¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: in¹ u³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³³ u⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: 'eang mjuX

Rime
Character	鸚	鵡
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	烏莖切	文甫切
Baxter	'eang	mjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠɛŋ/	/mɨo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚæŋ/	/mio^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɐŋ/	/mio^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəɨjŋ/	/muə̆^X/
Li Rong	/ʔɛŋ/	/mio^X/
Wang Li	/æŋ/	/mĭu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔæŋ/	/mi̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ēng	wǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ang¹	mou⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qreːŋ maʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鸚	鵡
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15328	13185
Phonetic component	賏	武
Rime group	耕	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	甖	武
Old Chinese	/*qreːŋ/	/*maʔ/
Notes		見禮記說文從母

Noun

鸚鵡

parrot
- 鸚鵡能言，不離飛鳥。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  鹦鹉能言，不离飞鸟。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE
  Yīngwǔ néng yán, bùlí fēiniǎo. [Pinyin]
  Even when a parrot talks, it still is a bird. [i.e. In order to be a civil human, one must do more than talking like one, but must act like one.]

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鸚鵡 (“parrot”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鸚鵡, 能言鳥
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鸚鵡
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鸚哥兒, 鸚鵡
	Taiwan	鸚鵡
	Langfang	鸚鵡兒
	Harbin	鸚哥兒
	Singapore	鸚鵡
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	鸚鵡
	Cangzhou	鸚鵡
	Baoding	鸚哥兒
	Shijiazhuang	鸚哥兒
	Jinan	鸚哥, 鸚鵡
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鸚鵡兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鸚鵡
	Daming	鸚哥兒
	Wanrong	鸚哥兒
	Zhengzhou	鸚哥兒
	Xi'an	鸚哥兒
	Xining	鸚哥兒
	Xuzhou	鸚鵡
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	鸚哥兒, 八哥兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鸚哥
	Lanzhou	鸚哥
	Ürümqi	鸚哥兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鸚鸚兒
	Wuhan	鸚鵡, 鸚哥
	Guiyang	鸚哥
	Guilin	鸚鵡
	Liuzhou	鸚鵡, 鸚鵡鳥
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鸚鵡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	鸚哥
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鸚哥
	Hong Kong	鸚鵡
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	鸚鵡
	Macau	鸚鵡
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	鸚哥
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鸚鵡
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	鸚鵡
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	鸚鵡
	Foshan	鸚鵡
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鸚鵡
	Foshan (Shunde)	鸚鵡
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鸚鵡
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鸚鵡
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鸚鵡
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	鸚鵡
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	鸚鵡
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	鸚鵡
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鸚鵡
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鸚鵡
	Taishan	鸚鵡
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鸚鵡
	Enping (Niujiang)	鸚鵡
	Heshan (Yayao)	鸚鵡
	Dongguan	鸚鵡
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	鸚鵡
	Qingyuan	鸚鵡
	Fogang	鸚鵡
	Yingde (Hanguang)	鸚鵡
	Yangshan	鸚鵡
	Lianshan (Butian)	鸚鵡
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	鸚鵡
	Shaoguan	鸚鵡
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	鸚鵡
	Renhua	鸚鵡
	Lechang	鸚鵡
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	鸚哥
	Sihui	鸚鵡
	Guangning	鸚鵡
	Deqing	鸚鵡
	Huaiji	鸚鵡
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	鸚鵡
	Yunfu	鸚鵡
	Xinxing	鸚哥
	Luoding	鷯哥
	Yunan (Pingtai)	鸚鵡
	Xinyi	鸚鵡
	Lianjiang	鸚鵡
	Nanning	鸚哥, 鸚鵡
	Wuzhou	鸚鵡
	Yulin	鸚鵡
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	鸚哥
Gan	Nanchang	鸚哥
	Pengze	鸚鵡
	Lichuan	鸚鵡
	Pingxiang	鸚鵡, 鸚哥
	Liuyang	鸚鵡鳥哩
Hakka	Meixian	鸚鵡
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	鸚鵡
	Huidong (Daling)	鸚鵡
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	鸚鵡
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鸚鵡
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	鸚鵡
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	鸚鵡
	Changting	鸚哥
	Wuping	鵡溜子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	鸚鵡
	Liancheng	鸚鵡
	Yudu	鸚鵡鳥子
	Ruijin	鸚鵡
	Shicheng	鸚鵡
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鸚哥
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鸚哥
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鸚哥
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鸚哥
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鸚哥
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鸚哥
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	鸚鵡
Jin	Taiyuan	八哥
	Pingyao	鸚鵝兒, 八哥兒
	Xinzhou	鸚鵡
	Hohhot	鸚鵡
	Zhangjiakou	鸚鵡
	Handan	鸚鵡
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鸚鵡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鸚哥
Eastern Min	Fuqing	鸚哥
Southern Min	Xiamen	鸚哥
	Quanzhou	鸚哥
	Jinjiang	鸚哥
	Zhangzhou	鸚哥
	Taipei	鸚哥
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鸚哥
	Kaohsiung	鸚哥
	Yilan	鸚哥
	Changhua (Lukang)	鸚哥
	Taichung	鸚哥
	Taichung (Wuqi)	鸚哥
	Tainan	鸚哥
	Taitung	鸚哥
	Hsinchu	鸚哥
	Kinmen	鸚哥鳥
	Penghu (Magong)	鸚哥
	Penang (Hokkien)	鸚哥
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鸚哥
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	鸚鵡
	Shantou	鸚哥
	Jieyang	鸚哥
	Leizhou	鸚哥鳥
	Haikou	鸚哥
Puxian Min	Putian	鸚哥
Puxian Min	Xianyou	鸚哥
Central Min	Yong'an	鸚鵡
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	鸚鵡
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	鸚鵡
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鸚鵡, 鸚哥
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	鸚鵡
Wu	Shanghai	鸚哥, 鸚鵡
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鸚哥
	Suzhou	鸚哥
	Danyang	鸚鵡
	Hangzhou	鸚哥
	Ningbo	鸚哥
	Wenzhou	鸚鵡, 鸚哥
	Jinhua	鸚鵡
Xiang	Changsha	鸚鵡
Xiang	Quanzhou	鸚鵡

Derived terms

情侶鸚鵡 / 情侣鹦鹉
橙腹鸚鵡 / 橙腹鹦鹉 (chéngfù yīngwǔ)
玫瑰葵花鸚鵡 / 玫瑰葵花鹦鹉 (méiguī kuíhuā yīngwǔ)
粉紅鳳頭鸚鵡 / 粉红凤头鹦鹉 (fěnhóng fèngtóu yīngwǔ)
虎皮鸚鵡 / 虎皮鹦鹉
虹彩吸蜜鸚鵡 / 虹彩吸蜜鹦鹉 (hóngcǎi xīmì yīngwǔ)
貓噬鸚鵡 / 猫噬鹦鹉
金剛鸚鵡 / 金刚鹦鹉 (jīngāng yīngwǔ)
金鸚鵡 / 金鹦鹉
長尾鸚鵡 / 长尾鹦鹉 (chángwěi yīngwǔ)
非洲灰鹦鹉
鳳頭鸚鵡 / 凤头鹦鹉
鴞鸚鵡 / 鸮鹦鹉 (xiāoyīngwǔ)
鸚鵡仔 / 鹦鹉仔
鸚鵡子 / 鹦鹉子
鸚鵡學舌 / 鹦鹉学舌 (yīngwǔxuéshé)
鸚鵡杯 / 鹦鹉杯 (yīngwǔbēi)
鸚鵡洲 / 鹦鹉洲
鸚鵡熱 / 鹦鹉热 (yīngwǔrè)
鸚鵡病 / 鹦鹉病
鸚鵡目 / 鹦鹉目
鸚鵡科 / 鹦鹉科
鸚鵡能言，不離飛鳥 / 鹦鹉能言，不离飞鸟
鸚鵡螺 / 鹦鹉螺 (yīngwǔluó)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鸚鵡):

→ Japanese: 鸚(おう)鵡(む) (ōmu)
→ Korean: 앵무(鸚鵡) (aengmu)
→ Vietnamese: anh vũ (鸚鵡)

Others:

⇒ Bouyei: rogyinywuj
→ Manchu: ᡟᡝᠩᡤᡠᡥᡝ (yengguhe), ᡟᡝᠩᡤᡡᡥᡝ (yenggūhe, “parrot”)
⇒? Sogdian: 𐼰𐼷𐼺𐼰𐼴𐽂𐼼𐼷 (ʾymʾwtsy /⁠*imutsi⁠/, “parrot”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鸚	鵡
おう Hyōgai	む Hyōgai
kan'on	goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おーむ [òómú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [o̞ːmɯ̟]

Noun

鸚(おう)鵡(む) or 鸚鵡(オウム) • (ōmu) ^{←あうむ (aumu)^?}

a cockatoo (bird)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as オウム (ōmu).

Derived terms

鸚(おう)鵡(む)貝(がい) (ōmugai)
鸚(おう)鵡(む)返(がえ)し (ōmugaeshi)
鸚(おう)鵡(む)病(びょう) (ōmubyō)
梟鸚鵡(フクロウオウム) (fukurō-ōmu)
深(ミ)山(ヤマ)鸚(オウ)鵡(ム) (Miyama ōmu)

Korean

Hanja in this term
鸚	鵡

Noun

鸚鵡 • (aengmu) (hangeul 앵무)

hanja form^? of 앵무 (“parrot”)