渡鳥

Chinese

		to cross; to pass through; to ferry	bird
trad. (渡鳥)		渡	鳥
simp. (渡鸟)		渡	鸟

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 渡(わた)り鳥(どり) (wataridori, “migratory bird”).

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tō͘-chiáu

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-chiáu
  - Tâi-lô: tōo-tsiáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doxciao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕiau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁴¹⁻²² t͡ɕiau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕiau⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔ³³⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiau⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ³³⁻²¹ t͡ɕiau⁴¹/

Noun

渡鳥

(Taiwanese Hokkien) migratory bird (Classifier: 隻／只 mn)
- 流浪的人無厝的渡鳥 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  流浪的人无厝的渡鸟 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 1959, 文夏 (lyrics), 橫井弘 (music), 黃昏的故鄉, performed by 文夏
  liû-lōng ê lâng bô chhù ê tō͘-chiáu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

候鳥／候鸟 (hòuniǎo)

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