鶬鶊

Chinese

		oriole	oriole
trad. (鶬鶊)		鶬	鶊
simp. (鸧鹒)		鸧	鹒
alternative forms		倉庚／仓庚 倉鶊／仓鹒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cānggēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤ ㄍㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹ gang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cānggēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ㄍㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: canggeng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻang¹-kêng¹
    • Yale: tsāng-gēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsanggeng
    • Palladius: цангэн (cangɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong¹ gang¹
    • Yale: chōng gāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹ gang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong¹ geng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ kɐŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshang kaeng

Rime
Character	鶬	鶊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	七岡切	古行切
Baxter	tshang	kaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/kˠæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/kᵚaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/kaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰaŋ/	/kaɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/kɐŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/kɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/kɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cāng	gēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cong1	gang1

Noun

鶬鶊

1. (literary) black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)

Synonyms

• 黃鳥／黄鸟 (huángniǎo)
• 黃鸝／黄鹂 (huánglí)
• 黃鶯／黄莺 (huángyīng)

Further reading

• Ptak, Roderich & Zhang, Yanfei. (2016). "Huangniao , canggeng und ‚verwandte‘ Vogelnamen in Zhou- und Han-Texten: Ein Beitrag zur historischen Ornithologie (Huangniao, canggeng and 'related' bird-names in Zhou and Han texts: a Contribution to Historical Ornithology)". Monumenta Serica. 64. 303-331.