孔子鳥

Chinese

		Confucius	bird
trad. (孔子鳥)		孔子	鳥
simp. (孔子鸟)		孔子	鸟

Etymology

Coined by Chinese palaeontologists Zhou Zhonghe, et al. in 1995.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǒngzǐniǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄗˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung² zi² niu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǒngzǐniǎo [Phonetic: kóngzíniǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄗˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǒngzǐhniǎo
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung³-tzŭ³-niao³
  - Yale: kǔng-dž-nyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koongtzyyneau
  - Palladius: кунцзыняо (kunczynjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung² zi² niu⁵
  - Yale: húng jí níuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung² dzi² niu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung² ji² niu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ³⁵ t͡siː³⁵ niːu̯¹³/

Noun

孔子鳥

(～屬) (paleontology) †Confuciusornis

Derived terms

聖賢孔子鳥 / 圣贤孔子鸟 (shèngxián kǒngzǐniǎo)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (孔子鳥):

→ Japanese: 孔(こう)子(し)鳥(ちょう) (kōshichō)
→ Korean: 공자새(孔子鳥) (gongjasae)