# 鷺鷥
## Chinese
### Etymology

From 鷺／鹭 (lù, “heron”) + 絲／丝 (sī, “silk”), referring to its silk-like plumes.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): lùsī
       (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄙ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nu$^4$ si$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lou$^6$ si$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'lu$^5$ si$^1$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): lu$^4$ si$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): lô-sĭ
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lō͘-si
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lou$^5$ sr$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lùsī
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄙ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lùsih
*** Wade–Giles: lu$^4$-ssŭ$^1$
*** Yale: lù-sz̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luhsy
*** Palladius: лусы (lusy)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nu$^4$ si$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lus
*** Sinological IPA : /nu²¹³ sz̩⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lou$^6$ si$^1$
*** Yale: louh sī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lou$^6$ si$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lou$^6$ xi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /lou̯²² siː⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'lu$^5$ si$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈlu¹¹ sz̩⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: lu$^4$ si$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /lu⁵³ sz̩⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lô-sĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃u²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(s-)}$li⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘-si
*** Tâi-lô: lōo-si
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loxsy
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ³³⁻²¹ si⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lɔ³³⁻¹¹ si⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: lou$^5$ sr$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹ sz̩³³/

### Noun

鷺鷥
* little egret

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 白鷺, 鷺鷥, 白鷺鷥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 老等, 長脖兒老等 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 白鷺鷥 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 鷺鷥 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 窮等 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 老等 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 白鷺, 鷺鷥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 白鷺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 鷺鷥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 鷺鷥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 長頸鷺鷥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 鷺鷥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 白鳥, 鷺鷥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 白鷺 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 釣魚郎 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 白鷺, 鷺鷥 |
| Gan | Pengze | 鷺鷥 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 鷺鷥 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 白翼子鳥 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鷺鷥 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 白鷺 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 白鶴仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 白鶴仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 白鶴 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 白鶴 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 白鶴仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 白鶴 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 白鶴 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 白鶴 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 白卵鷥 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 鷺鷥 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 白鷺鷥 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鷺鷥 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 白鷺鷥 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 白鷺鷥 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | Taitung (Green Island) | 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Liuqiu) | 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 白鷺鷥 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 白鶶鷥 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Pengnan) | 白鶶鷥 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 白鶶鷥 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Huxi) | 白鶶鷥 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Wangan) | 白鶶鷥 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Cimei) | 白鶶鷥 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Huayu) | 白鶶鷥 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Zhongtun) | 白鶶鷥 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Houliao) | 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Tongliang) | 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Jibei) | 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 白鷺鷥, 白鴒鷥 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 白鷺鷥 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 白鷺鷥 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 白鷺鷥 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 白腔鷥 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 白鶿 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鷺鷥 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 長腳鷺鷥 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 鷺鷥 |
| Wu | Danyang | 鷺鷥 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 長腳鷺鷥 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 鷺鷥 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鷺鷥, 白鷺仙, 長腳鷺鷥 |
| Xiang | Miluo (Changle) | 鷺鷥, 白鷺仙 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 白脖 |