鳥籠

See also: 鸟笼

Chinese

		bird	basket; cage
trad. (鳥籠)		鳥	籠
simp. (鸟笼)		鸟	笼
anagram		籠鳥／笼鸟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǎolóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): niu⁵ lung⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): cēu-lè̤ng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiáu-lang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎolóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎolóng
    • Wade–Giles: niao³-lung²
    • Yale: nyǎu-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neaulong
    • Palladius: няолун (njaolun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎolóngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎolóngr
    • Wade–Giles: niao³-lung²-ʼrh
    • Yale: nyǎu-lúngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neaulongl
    • Palladius: няолунр (njaolunr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊ̃ɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: niu⁵ lung⁴
    • Yale: níuh lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: niu⁵ lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: niu⁵ lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːu̯¹³ lʊŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cēu-lè̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛu³³⁻²¹ l̃øyŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiáu-lang
    • Tâi-lô: tsiáu-lang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciawlafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

鳥籠

1. birdcage

Synonyms

• 笯 (nú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鳥	籠
とり Grade: 2	かご Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 鳥 (tori, “bird”) +‎ 籠 (kago, “cage”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とりかご [tòríkágó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ɾʲika̠ɡo̞]

Noun

鳥(とり)籠(かご) • (torikago) 

1. birdcage

See also

• 犬小屋(いぬごや) (inugoya): kennel
• 牛舎(ぎゅうしゃ) (gyūsha): cattle barn
• 豚舎(とんしゃ) (tonsha): pigsty (enclosure where pigs are kept)