鳥語

See also: 鸟语, 烏語, and 乌语

Chinese

		bird	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (鳥語)		鳥	語
simp. (鸟语)		鸟	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǎoyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): niu⁵ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎoyǔ [Phonetic: niáoyǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎoyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: niao³-yü³
    • Yale: nyǎu-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neauyeu
    • Palladius: няоюй (njaojuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎoryǔ [Phonetic: niáoryǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇㄦ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎoryǔ
    • Wade–Giles: niao³-ʼrh-yü³
    • Yale: nyǎur-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neaulyeu
    • Palladius: няорюй (njaorjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯aʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: niu⁵ jyu⁵
    • Yale: níuh yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: niu⁵ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: niu⁵ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːu̯¹³ jyː¹³/

Noun

鳥語

1. “speech” (calling) of the birds
2. (figurative, archaic, derogatory) speech or language of foreign non-Han peoples
3. (figurative, colloquial, derogatory) unintelligible speech; unintelligible language
4. (figurative, derogatory) Southern Chinese dialects
5. (figurative, derogatory) English

Derived terms

• 花香鳥語 / 花香鸟语
• 鳥語花香 / 鸟语花香 (niǎoyǔhuāxiāng)