雉鳩

Chinese

		ringed pheasant	turtle-dove; Turtur orientalis
trad. (雉鳩)		雉	鳩
simp. (雉鸠)		雉	鸠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìjiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄐㄧㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìjiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄐㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhjiou
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-chiu¹
    • Yale: jr̀-jyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhjiou
    • Palladius: чжицзю (čžiczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

Noun

雉鳩

1. pheasant pigeon (Otidiphaps nobilis)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雉	鳩
きじ Hyōgai	はと > ばと Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “pheasant pigeon”, 雉(きじ) (kiji) + 鳩(はと) (hato, “pigeon”). The hato changes to bato as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲiʑiba̠to̞]

Noun

雉(きじ)鳩(ばと) or 雉鳩(キジバト) • (kijibato) 

1. oriental turtle dove, Streptopelia orientalis

Usage notes

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