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鸭
鴨
yā
1. duck
2. CL:[[隻|只<zhī>]]
3. (slang) male prostitute
Very Common • Top 4%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

鸭
yā
duck; Anas species (various)
HSK 4 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

丑鸭
chǒuyā
(Chinese bird species) harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
做鸭
zuòyā
(slang) (of a man) to work as a prostitute
涂鸭
túyā
variant of [[塗鴉|涂鸦<túyā>]]
家鸭
jiāyā
farm duck
板鸭
bǎnyā
pressed (dried) salted duck
烤鸭
kǎoyā
roast duck
HSK 4
瘤鸭
liúyā
(Chinese bird species) knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
野鸭
yěyā
wild duck
鸭子
yāzi
duck
鸭掌
yāzhǎng
duck feet (claws)
鸭梨
yālí
Chinese white pear (Pyrus × bretschneideri)
鹊鸭
quèyā
(Chinese bird species) common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
黄鸭
huángyā
Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
冠麻鸭
guānmáyā
(Chinese bird species) crested shelduck (Tadorna cristata)
唐老鸭
TángLǎoyā
Donald Duck
填鸭式
tiányāshì
force feeding (as a teaching method)
小绒鸭
xiǎoróngyā
(Chinese bird species) Steller's eider (Polysticta stelleri)
斑嘴鸭
bānzuǐyā
(Chinese bird species) eastern spot-billed duck (Anas zonorhyncha)
旱鸭子
hànyāzi
non-swimmer
栗树鸭
lìshùyā
(Chinese bird species) lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
2,132
Word Frequency Rank
3,552 of 84,292

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