比翼鳥

Chinese

		to fly wing to wing	bird
trad. (比翼鳥)		比翼	鳥
simp. (比翼鸟)		比翼	鸟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐyìniǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄧˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² jik⁶ niu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐyìniǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄧˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐyìniǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-i⁴-niao³
    • Yale: bǐ-yì-nyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biiyihneau
    • Palladius: бииняо (biinjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei² jik⁶ niu⁵
    • Yale: béi yihk níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei² jik⁹ niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi² yig⁶ niu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ jɪk̚² niːu̯¹³/

Noun

比翼鳥

1. (Chinese mythology) legendary bird flying in pairs
2. (figurative) devoted couple; inseparable friends

   • 在天願作比翼鳥，在地願為連理枝。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     在天愿作比翼鸟，在地愿为连理枝。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 806 CE, Bai Juyi, Song of Everlasting Regret

     Zài tiān yuàn zuò bǐyìniǎo, zài dì yuàn wèi liánlǐ zhī. [Pinyin]

     In the heavens, we vow to be as two birds flying wingtip to wingtip, on earth, we vow to be as two intertwined branches of a tree.

Synonyms

• 鶼鶼／鹣鹣 (jiānjiān)