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鸟
鳥
niǎo
1.
bird
2.
CL:[[隻|只<zhī>]], [[群<qún>]]
3.
(dialect) to pay attention to
4.
(intensifier) damned
5.
goddam
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
候鸟
hòuniǎo
migratory bird
坏鸟
huàiniǎo
sinister person
夜鸟
yèniǎo
nocturnal bird
好鸟
hǎoniǎo
person of good character
孤鸟
gūniǎo
lone bird
害鸟
hàiniǎo
pest bird (esp. one that feeds on farm crops or newly hatched fish)
小鸟
xiǎoniǎo
penis (kiddie term)
恐鸟
kǒngniǎo
monstrous bird
打鸟
dǎniǎo
to shoot a bird (with a gun, slingshot etc)
放鸟
fàngniǎo
to stand someone up
椋鸟
liángniǎo
starling
水鸟
shuǐniǎo
water bird
海鸟
hǎiniǎo
seabird
潜鸟
qiánniǎo
loon (bird of genus Gavia)
犀鸟
xīniǎo
hornbill
留鸟
liúniǎo
nonmigratory bird
益鸟
yìniǎo
beneficial bird (esp. one that preys on insect pests or mice)
祖鸟
zǔniǎo
dinosaur ancestor of birds
神鸟
shénniǎo
supernatural bird
禽鸟
qínniǎo
birds
Example Sentences (2)
她就喜欢听她爸爸学鸟叫。
Tā jiù xǐhuan tīng tā bàba xué niǎo jiào.
She just likes listening to her dad imitate bird calls.
Text 3
哭的时候，只要她爸爸学小鸟叫，她马上就安静下来了。
Kū de shíhou, zhǐyào tā bàba xué xiǎo niǎo jiào, tā mǎshàng jiù ānjìng xiàlai le.
When she cries, as long as her dad imitates a bird's call, she immediately calms down.
Text 3
Alternate Entries
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,262
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,221 of 84,292
- Radical Number
- 196