翠翹

See also: 翠翘

Chinese

		bluish-green; green jade	outstanding; to raise
trad. (翠翹)		翠	翹
simp. (翠翘)		翠	翘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuìqiáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟˋ ㄑㄧㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuìqiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˋ ㄑㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuèiciáo
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻui⁴-chʻiao²
    • Yale: tswèi-chyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsueychyau
    • Palladius: цуйцяо (cujcjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

翠翹

1. (archaic) a hair ornament adorned with the long tail feathers of a kingfisher (worn by a woman)

kingfisher

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (翠翹):

• → Japanese: 翠翹(すいぎょう) (suigyō)
• → Korean: 취교(翠翹) (chwigyo)
• → Vietnamese: thuý kiều (翠翹)

References

• 翠鳥／翠鸟 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Kingfisher on Wikipedia.Wikipedia