鴛鴦

See also: 鸳鸯

Chinese

trad. (鴛鴦)		鴛	鴦
simp. (鸳鸯)		鸳	鸯
alternative forms		夗央

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuānyāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢ ㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun¹ joeng¹ / jin¹ joeng¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): yon¹ iong
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yên-yông / yân-yông

  (Hailu, HRS): rhan^ˋ rhong^ˋ

• Northern Min (KCR): ṳ́ing-ió̤ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): uŏng-iŏng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): eng¹ ieo¹ / eng¹ iunn¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): oan-iuⁿ / oan-ioⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uang¹ ion¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ioe-ian₁

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuānyāng → yuānyang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢ ㄧㄤ → ㄩㄢ ˙ㄧㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuanyång
    • Wade–Giles: yüan¹-yang⁵
    • Yale: ywān-yang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuan.iang
    • Palladius: юаньян (juanʹjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵⁵ jɑŋ⁵⁵/ → /ɥɛn⁵⁵ jɑŋ²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun¹ joeng¹ / jin¹ joeng¹
    • Yale: yūn yēung / yīn yēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn¹ joeng¹ / jin¹ joeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun¹ yêng¹ / yin¹ yêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn⁵⁵ jœːŋ⁵⁵/, /jiːn⁵⁵ jœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: yon¹ iong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yɵn⁴² iɔŋ²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yên-yông
    • Hakka Romanization System: ien^ˊ iong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹ yong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ i̯oŋ²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yân-yông
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian^ˊ (r)iong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹ yong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)i̯oŋ²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: rhan^ˋ rhong^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /ʒan⁵³ ʒoŋ⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ṳ́ing-ió̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yiŋ⁵⁴ iɔŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: uŏng-iŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uoŋ⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋyoŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: eng¹ ieo¹ [Phonetic: eng⁵ ngieo¹]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: eng-a̤uⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(Ø-)ŋieu⁵³³/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: eng¹ ieo¹ [Phonetic: eng⁵ nieo¹]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: eng-a̤uⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(Ø-)nieu⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: eng¹ iunn¹ [Phonetic: eng⁵ ngiu¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋiu⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oan-iuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: uan-iunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oan'viw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁴⁴⁻²² iũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /uan⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan³³ iũ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oan-ioⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: uan-ionn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oan'vioy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁴⁴⁻²² iɔ̃⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: uang¹ ion¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uang ioⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ³³⁻²³ ĩõ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ioe-ian₁
    • MiniDict: ioe^平 ian^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹yoe-ian₁
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /yø⁵⁵ iã²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jwon|'won 'jang|'ang

Rime
Character	鴛	鴛	鴦	鴦
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	魂 (55)	陽 (105)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I	III	I
Fanqie	於袁切	烏渾切	於良切	烏郎切
Baxter	'jwon	'won	'jang	'ang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉɐn/	/ʔuən/	/ʔɨɐŋ/	/ʔɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷiɐn/	/ʔuon/	/ʔiɐŋ/	/ʔɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɐn/	/ʔuən/	/ʔiɑŋ/	/ʔɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuan/	/ʔwən/	/ʔɨaŋ/	/ʔaŋ/
Li Rong	/ʔiuɐn/	/ʔuən/	/ʔiaŋ/	/ʔɑŋ/
Wang Li	/ĭwɐn/	/uən/	/ĭaŋ/	/ɑŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯wɐn/	/ʔuən/	/ʔi̯aŋ/	/ʔɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuān	wēn	yāng	āng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun1	wan1	joeng1	ong1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*quːn|qon  qaːŋ|qaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鴦
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yāng
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjang ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔaŋ/
English	female mandarin duck
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鴛	鴛	鴦	鴦
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
No.	16280	16288	14472	14491
Phonetic component	夗	夗	央	央
Rime group	文	元	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	2	3	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	𥁕	鴛	鴦	央
Old Chinese	/*quːn/	/*qon/	/*qaːŋ/	/*qaŋ/

Noun

鴛鴦

1. mandarin duck (Classifier: 隻／只; 雙／双; 對／对)
   • 1986, “女兒情 [Maiden's Love]”, 楊潔 [Yang Jie] (lyrics), 許鏡清 [Xu Jingqing] (music):

     鴛鴦雙棲，蝶雙飛；
     滿園春色惹人醉。 [MSC, trad.]
     鸳鸯双栖，蝶双飞；
     满园春色惹人醉。 [MSC, simp.]

     Yuānyāng shuāngqī, dié shuāngfēi;
     Mǎnyuán chūnsè rě rén zuì. [Pinyin]

     The Mandarin ducks, drake and hen, perch together, the butterflies fly side-by-side;
     The inebriating spring's colours fill the garden.

2. (obsolete) ruddy shelduck
3. (figurative) objects or people occurring in inseparable pairs
4. (figurative) affectionate couple; happily married couple
5. yuenyeung (a beverage made from mixing coffee with Hong Kong-style milk tea) (Classifier: 杯)

Derived terms

• 亂點鴛鴦 / 乱点鸳鸯
• 亂點鴛鴦譜 / 乱点鸳鸯谱 (luàn diǎn yuānyāngpǔ)
• 同命鴛鴦 / 同命鸳鸯
• 喬太守亂點鴛鴦譜 / 乔太守乱点鸳鸯谱
• 棒打鴛鴦 / 棒打鸳鸯 (bàngdǎ yuānyāng)
• 水鴛鴦 / 水鸳鸯
• 被底鴛鴦 / 被底鸳鸯
• 野鴛鴦 / 野鸳鸯
• 鴛鴦厝 / 鸳鸯厝
• 鴛鴦壽 / 鸳鸯寿
• 鴛鴦客 / 鸳鸯客
• 鴛鴦戲水 / 鸳鸯戏水 (yuānyāng xìshuǐ)
• 鴛鴦房 / 鸳鸯房
• 鴛鴦折頸 / 鸳鸯折颈
• 鴛鴦椽 / 鸳鸯椽
• 鴛鴦樓 / 鸳鸯楼
• 鴛鴦浴 / 鸳鸯浴
• 鴛鴦湖 / 鸳鸯湖
• 鴛鴦炒飯 / 鸳鸯炒饭 (yuānyāng chǎofàn)
• 鴛鴦燈 / 鸳鸯灯
• 鴛鴦瓦 / 鸳鸯瓦
• 鴛鴦臥絮 / 鸳鸯卧絮
• 鴛鴦蝴蝶派 / 鸳鸯蝴蝶派
• 鴛鴦被 / 鸳鸯被 (yuānyāngbèi)
• 鴛鴦鉞 / 鸳鸯钺
• 鴛鴦鍋 / 鸳鸯锅 (yuānyāngguō)
• 鴛鴦魚 / 鸳鸯鱼 (yuānyāngyú)
• 鴛鴦鳥 / 鸳鸯鸟
• 鴛鴦麵 / 鸳鸯面

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鴛鴦):

• → Japanese: 鴛(えん)鴦(おう) (en'ō)
• → Korean: 원앙(鴛鴦) (wonang)
• → Vietnamese: uyên ương (鴛鴦)

Others:

• → English: yuenyeung (from Cantonese)
• → English: yuanyang (from Mandarin)
• ⇒ Zhuang: roegyaemyieng

Proper noun

鴛鴦

1. (～鄉) Yuanyang (a township in Maojian district, Shiyan, Hubei, China)