白鴒鷥

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	wagtail; lark
trad. (白鴒鷥)		白	鴒	鷥
simp. (白鸰鸶)		白	鸰	鸶
alternative forms		白翎鷥／白翎鸶 白鷺鷥／白鹭鸶

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-lēng-si / pe̍eh-lēng-si / poe̍h-lēng-si

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-lēng-si
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-līng-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqlexngsy
    • IPA (Yilan): /pe(ʔ)⁵⁻² liɪŋ³³⁻²¹ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Tainan): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹ liɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /pe(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ leŋ²²⁻²¹ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ liɪŋ³³⁻²¹ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ liɪŋ²²⁻²¹ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /pe(ʔ)³⁵⁻² liɪŋ³¹⁻²² si³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ liɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ si⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-lēng-si
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-līng-si
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ liɪŋ²²⁻²¹ si⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poe̍h-lēng-si
    • Tâi-lô: pue̍h-līng-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poeqlexngsy
    • IPA (Tainan): /pue(ʔ)⁴⁻¹ liɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ si⁴⁴/

Noun

白鴒鷥

1. (Hokkien) little egret (Egretta garzetta)

   • 我好像那隻失去愛情的白鷺鷥，後悔沒說出那句話。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     我好像那只失去爱情的白鹭鸶，后悔没说出那句话。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2006, 黃品源 (lyricist 伍佰), 《白鷺鷥》

     Góa hó-chhiūⁿ hit chiah sit-khì ài-chêng ê pe̍h-lēng-si, hiō-hóe bô kóng chhut hit kù ōe. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     I'm just like that little egret that has lost its love, regretting not saying those words.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 白鷺 (“little egret”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		白鷺, 鷺鷥, 白鷺鷥
Mandarin	Beijing	老等, 長脖兒老等
	Taiwan	白鷺鷥
	Yantai (Muping)	窮等
	Jinan	鷺鷥
	Luoyang	老等
	Ürümqi	白鷺
	Wuhan	鷺鷥
	Chengdu	鷺鷥
	Guiyang	長頸鷺鷥
	Guilin	鷺鷥
	Liuzhou	白鳥, 鷺鷥
	Nanning (Wuming)	白鷺
	Xuzhou	白鷺, 鷺鷥
Cantonese	Guangzhou	釣魚郎
Gan	Nanchang	白鷺, 鷺鷥
	Pengze	鷺鷥
	Lichuan	鷺鷥
	Pingxiang	白翼子鳥
Hakka	Meixian	鷺鷥
	Yudu	白鷺
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	白鶴仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	白鶴仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	白鶴
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	白鶴
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	白鶴仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	白鶴
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	白鶴
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	白鶴
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	白卵鷥
Huizhou	Fuliang	鷺鷥
Northern Min	Jian'ou	白鷺鷥
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鷺鷥
Southern Min	Xiamen	白鴒鷥
	Quanzhou	白鷺鷥
	Yongchun	白鷺鷥
	Zhangzhou	白鴒鷥
	Taipei	白鴒鷥
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	白鴒鷥
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	白鴒鷥
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	白鴒鷥
	Kaohsiung	白鴒鷥
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	白鴒鷥
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	白鴒鷥
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	白鴒鷥
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	白鴒鷥
	Yilan	白鴒鷥
	Yilan (Luodong)	白鴒鷥
	Yilan (Toucheng)	白鴒鷥
	Changhua (Lukang)	白鴒鷥
	Taichung	白鴒鷥
	Tainan	白鴒鷥
	Tainan (Anping)	白鴒鷥
	Taitung (Green Island)	白鴒鷥
	Hsinchu	白鴒鷥
	Pingtung (Liuqiu)	白鴒鷥
	Kinmen	白鷺鷥
	Penghu (Magong)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Pengnan)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Xiyu)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Huxi)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Wangan)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Cimei)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Huayu)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Zhongtun)	白鶶鷥
	Penghu (Houliao)	白鴒鷥
	Penghu (Tongliang)	白鴒鷥
	Penghu (Jibei)	白鴒鷥
	Singapore (Hokkien)	白鷺鷥, 白鴒鷥
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	白鷺鷥
	Jieyang	白鷺鷥
	Haifeng	白鷺鷥
	Haikou	白腔鷥
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	白鶿
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鷺鷥
Wu	Shanghai (Songjiang)	長腳鷺鷥
	Suzhou	鷺鷥
	Danyang	鷺鷥
	Hangzhou	長腳鷺鷥
	Ningbo	鷺鷥
Xiang	Changsha	鷺鷥, 白鷺仙, 長腳鷺鷥
	Miluo (Changle)	鷺鷥, 白鷺仙
	Loudi	白脖