胜遇

Chinese

			meet with
trad. (胜遇)		胜	遇
simp. #(胜遇)		胜	遇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qìngyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˋ ㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìngyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˋ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìngyù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing⁴-yü⁴
    • Yale: chìng-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinqyuh
    • Palladius: цинъюй (cinʺjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/

Noun

胜遇

1. (literary, Chinese mythology) Name of a kind of legendary bird.

   • 有鳥焉。其狀如翟而赤，名曰胜遇。是食魚，其音如錄，見則其國大水。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     有鸟焉。其状如翟而赤，名曰胜遇。是食鱼，其音如录，见则其国大水。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Mountains and Seas

     Yǒu niǎo yān. Qí zhuàng rú zhái ér chì, míng yuē qìngyù. Shì shí yú, qí yīn rú lù, jiàn zé qí guó dàshuǐ. [Pinyin]

     There is a bird, which looks like 翟, the long-tailed pheasant, but is red in color. It is called 胜遇. It consumes fish and sounds like 錄 (= 鹿, “deer”). If it is seen, the country shall have great floods.