燕尾

Chinese

		swallow (bird); surname; place name	tail
trad. (燕尾)		燕	尾
simp. #(燕尾)		燕	尾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yànwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin³ mei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yànwěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yànwěi
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴-wei³
    • Yale: yàn-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannwoei
    • Palladius: яньвэй (janʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jin³ mei⁵
    • Yale: yin méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin³ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin³ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³³ mei̯¹³/

Noun

燕尾

1. swallow's tail; swallowtail; forked tail
2. streamer of a flag
3. (calligraphy) dense flourish on the right side of a major stroke in clerical script

   Coordinate term: 蠶頭／蚕头 (cántóu)

Derived terms

• 燕尾服 (yànwěifú)
• 燕尾榫 (yànwěisǔn)
• 燕尾脊 (yànwěijǐ)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
燕	尾
えん Jinmeiyō	び Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

燕(えん)尾(び) • (enbi) 

1. swallowtail
2. a round-tipped 纓 (ei, “the tail of a 冠 (kanmuri, “traditional silk cap”)”)
3. a type of forked arrowhead in the shape of a swallow's tail
4. Short for 燕尾帽 (enbibō, “a high black hat with long split sides, worn by monks and blind court musicians”).
5. (painting) a method of painting bamboo leaves in the 南画 (Nanga, “literati painting”) style

Derived terms

• 燕尾鸛(えんびこう) (enbikō, “maguari stork”)
• 燕尾服(えんびふく) (enbifuku, “tailcoat”)