Podicipedidae
䴙䴘科
pìtī kē

General

Information is from dictionaries and other sources. Pinyin reflects Mandarin pronunciation; for some dialect names, it is no more than a polite fiction. Korean glosses are tentative. Comments and corrections welcome. Hover over Green Lettering Green lettering at this site hides a tool tip with glosses, further explanations, etc. Hover cursor to reveal. to see additional information.

The grebes are known as 䴙䴘 pìtī in Chinese (or sometimes 䴙鹈 pìtí, where the second character means 'cormorant' or 'pelican'). (If your browser can't see the characters, place your mouse over the top).

The word pìtī is one of that minority of Chinese words that is inherently polysyllabic. When written, however, it is split up into two characters, thus reinforcing the common perception that Chinese is a 'monosyllabic' language.

The characters to write pìtī in the traditional (鷿鷈) and simplified (䴙䴘) scripts are the same characters, although the placing of the radicals is different. The radical 鳥 / 鸟 for 'bird' is found on the right in the simplified characters, at the bottom and left respectively in the traditional characters as used in Taiwan.

Species names

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SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH		CHINESE			EAST		SOUTH	NORTH
Tachybaptus
Latin	English	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Japanese	Korean	Vietnamese	Mongolian
Tachybaptus ruficollis Podiceps ruficollis	Little grebe Dabchick	小䴙䴘 (小鷿鷈) xiǎo pìtī 'small grebe'	(小䴙䴘) 小鷿鷈 xiǎo pìtī 'small grebe'	水葫芦 (水葫蘆) shuǐ húlu 'water hyacinth' 王八鸭子 (王八鴨子) wáng-bā yāzi 'cuckold?/shameless? duck'	カイツブリ (鸊鷉) kaitsuburi 'grebe'	논병아리 non-byeongari 'paddy-fowl/chicken'	Chim Le hôi 'smelly wildduck (bird)' (12, 13)	Podiceps ruficollis: Хурган шунгуур ᠬᠣᠷᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠱᠣᠩᠭᠣᠭᠣᠷ khurgaŋ shuŋguur 'lamb grebe' Inner M: Ажир ᠠᠵᠢᠷ ajir 'grebe' (31, 32)
Podiceps
Latin	English	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Japanese	Korean	Vietnamese	Mongolian
Podiceps grisegena	Red-necked grebe	赤颈䴙䴘 (赤頸鷿鷈) chì-jǐng pìtī 'red-necked grebe'			アカエリカイツブリ (赤襟鸊鷉) aka-eri kaitsuburi 'red-collared grebe'	큰논병아리 keun-non-byeongari 'large paddy-fowl/chicken'		Буурал шунгуур ᠪᠣᠭᠣᠷᠣᠯ ᠱᠣᠩᠭᠣᠭᠣᠷ buural shuŋguur 'greyish grebe' Inner M: Буурал ажир ᠪᠣᠭᠣᠷᠣᠯ ᠠᠵᠢᠷ buural ajir 'greyish grebe' (32)
Podiceps cristatus	Great crested grebe	凤头䴙䴘 (鳳頭鷿鷈) fèng-tóu pìtī 'phoenix-headed grebe'	(冠䴙䴘) 冠鷿鷈 guān pìtī 'crested grebe'	㥽䴙䴘 (㥽䴙䴘) cè pìtī 'cè grebe' (dict) (FS) 浪里白 (浪裡白) làng-lǐ bái 'white in the waves' (FS) 水老呱 (水老呱) shuǐ lǎo-guā 'water old guā' (or 'water crow') (FS) 水驴子 (水驢子) shuǐ lǘzi 'water mule' (FS)	カンムリカイツブリ (冠鸊鷉) kanmuri kaitsuburi 'crested grebe'	뿔논병아리 ppul-lon-byeongari 'horned paddy-fowl/chicken'		Отгот шунгуур ᠣᠲᠣᠭᠠᠲᠣ ᠱᠣᠩᠭᠣᠭᠣᠷ otogt shuŋguur 'plumed grebe' Inner M: Цацагт ажир ᠴᠠᠴᠣᠭᠲᠣ ᠠᠵᠢᠷ tsatsagt ajir 'crested grebe' (31, 32)
Podiceps auritus	Slavonian grebe or Horned grebe	角䴙䴘 (角鷿鷈) jiǎo pìtī 'horned grebe'	(角䴙䴘) 角鷿鷈 jiǎo pìtī 'horned grebe'		ミミカイツブリ (耳鸊鷉) mimi kaitsuburi 'eared grebe''	귀뿔논병아리 gwi-ppul-lon-byeongari 'eared horned paddy-fowl/chicken'		Ухаа шунгуур ᠬᠣᠸᠠ ᠠᠵᠢᠷ ukhaa shuŋguur 'reddish grebe' Inner M: Ухаа ажир ᠬᠣᠸᠠ ᠠᠵᠢᠷ ukhaa ajir 'reddish grebe' (32)
Podiceps nigricollis	Black-necked grebe or Eared grebe	黑颈䴙䴘 (黑頸鷿鷈) hēi-jǐng pìtī 'black-necked grebe'	(黑颈䴙䴘) 黑頸鷿鷈 hēi-jǐng pìtī 'black-necked grebe'		ハジロカイツブリ (羽白鸊鷉) ha-jiro kaitsuburi 'white-winged grebe'	검은목논병아리 geomeun-mong-non-byeongari 'black-necked paddy-fowl/chicken'	Chim Le hôi cổ đen 'black-necked smelly wildduck (bird)' (12)	Халтар шунгуур ᠬᠠᠯᠲᠠᠷ ᠱᠣᠩᠭᠣᠭᠣᠷ khaltar shuŋguur 'spotted grebe' (refers to light patches on dark body) Inner M: Халтар ажир ᠬᠠᠯᠲᠠᠷ ᠠᠵᠢᠷ khaltar ajir 'spotted grebe' (refers to light patches on dark body) (32)

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