鴻鵠

See also: 鸿鹄

Chinese

		{{vern\|eastern bean goose}}; great; large	swan; white-haired
trad. (鴻鵠)		鴻	鵠
simp. (鸿鹄)		鸿	鹄

鴻鵠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hónghú

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ huk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hónghú
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hónghú
  - Wade–Giles: hung²-hu²
  - Yale: húng-hú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hornghwu
  - Palladius: хунху (xunxu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ xu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung⁴ huk⁶
  - Yale: hùhng huhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ huk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ hug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ hʊk̚²/

Noun

鴻鵠

(literary) big bird; swan
(literary, figurative) person with lofty aspirations

Synonyms

(swan): (literary) 鴻／鸿 (hóng), (literary) 鵠／鹄 (hú), 天鵝／天鹅 (tiān'é)

Derived terms

燕雀安知鴻鵠志／燕雀安知鸿鹄志 (yànquè ān zhī hónghú zhì)
燕雀豈知鴻鵠志／燕雀岂知鸿鹄志
鴻鵠之志／鸿鹄之志 (hónghúzhīzhì)
鴻鵠大志／鸿鹄大志

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