- 雛
- ひな
young bird
chick
doll
ひよこ
chick* * *Iひな【雛】IIひよこ【雛】chick〖C〗(ニワトリの)ひよこ;(一般に)ひな《◆鳴き声は cheep》**chicken〖C〗(ニワトリの)ひよこ《◆ chick より大きい》, ひな鳥《◆雄雌共に用いる》Which came first, the chicken or the egg? ひよこか卵かどちらが先か《◆ It's (a case of) the chicken and [or] the egg. , 《略式》It's a chicken and egg situation [problem, dilemma]. ともいう》.
* * *Iひな【雛】1 〔雛鳥〕 a chicken; a chick; a young bird; a fledg(e)ling (bird); (七面鳥の) a poult; (ハトの) a young pigeon; a squab.●一腹のひな a brood (of chicks [《米》 chickens]).
●ひながかえった. The chicks hatched.
●ひなをかえす hatch chickens
・ひなを育てる 〔親鳥が〕 bring up [《米》 raise] its chicks [fledglings, brood]; 〔人間が〕 raise chicks [chickens] 《for the market》.
2 〔人形〕 ⇒ひなにんぎょう.●ひなの節句 =ひなまつり.
雛鑑別師 a (chick) sexer.雛保育器 an incubator.IIひよこ, ひよっこ【雛】1 〔ひな鳥〕 a chick; a nestling; 《米》 《口》 〔愛称〕 a chicky.2 〔年少未熟者〕 a fledgeling; a stripling; a greenhorn.●ひよっこのくせに生意気な口をきくな. None of your impudence, you greenhorn.
●あいつはまだひよっこだ. He is still green 《at the work》.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.