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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *关* | 关* | *关
mountain pass / to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve
HSK 1
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  *鸟* | 鸟* | *鸟
bird / CL: 隻|只, / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn
HSK 2
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  *只* | 只* | *只
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
HSK 3
pigeon / dove / various birds of the family Columbidae
HSK 7-9
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  *距* | 距* | *距
to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from / (bound form) distance / spur (on the leg of certain birds: gamecock, pheasant etc)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雕* | 雕* | *雕
to carve / to engrave / shrewd / bird of prey
HSK 7-9
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  *雕* | 雕* | *雕
bird of prey
HSK 7-9
bird's nest / nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium
HSK 7-9
(bird species of China) rufous-vented laughingthrush (Pterorhinus gularis)
(bird species of China) Asian rosy finch (Leucosticte arctoa)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鸣* | 鸣* | *鸣
to cry (of birds, animals and insects) / to make a sound / to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
(bird species of China) green-eared barbet (Psilopogon faiostrictus)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *翁* | 翁* | *翁
elderly man / father / father-in-law / neck feathers of a bird (old)
roc (mythical bird of prey) / great talent
(bird species of China) striated heron (Butorides striata)
(bird species of China) great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
small bird / young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) / (fig.) penis (kiddie term) / (golf) birdie
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啸* | 啸* | *啸
(of people) to whistle / (of birds and animals) to screech; to howl; to roar
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *噪* | 噪* | *噪
(literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp / (bound form) to make a cacophonous noise
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雏* | 雏* | *雏
(bound form) chick; young bird
(bird species of China) black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
(bird species of China) common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc)
to get a bird's-eye view / bird's-eye view / broad overview
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鹏* | 鹏* | *鹏
Peng, large fabulous bird / roc
(Tw) early bird discount
the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) / the early bird catches the worm / first come, first served
birds
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *牡* | 牡* | *牡
(of a bird, animal or plant) male / key / hills
(bird species of China) blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus)
painting of birds and flowers
bird
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *栖* | 栖* | *栖
to perch / to rest (of birds) / to dwell / to live / to stay
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啼* | 啼* | *啼
(bound form) to cry; to weep loudly / (bound form) (of a bird or animal) to crow; to hoot; to screech
bird
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咕* | 咕* | *咕
(onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *颉* | 颉* | *颉
(of a bird) to fly upwards / (of the neck) stiff
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鵺* | 鵺* | *鵺
a kind of bird similar to pheasant
to erect (a tent etc) / to prick up (one's ears) / to raise (one's eyebrows) / to stick up (one's thumb) / to turn up (one's collar) / (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers)
(bird species of China) Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis)
(bird species of China) snow goose (Anser caerulescens)
mythological bird, reincarnation of drowned daughter Nüwa 女娃 of Fiery Emperor 炎帝
to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed
(bird species of China) fire-capped tit (Cephalopyrus flammiceps)
legendary giant bird
net for fishing or bird catching / (fig.) fetters / to snare (a valuable new team member etc) / to bring together under the one umbrella
to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings)
(bird species of China) black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis)
vulture / (bird species of China) cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *莺* | 莺* | *莺
oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *翅* | 翅* | *翅
(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
lark (bird of family Alaudidae)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鸾* | 鸾* | *鸾
mythical bird related to phoenix
bird's nest
(bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘤* | 嘤* | *嘤
calling of birds
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雀* | 雀* | *雀
(bound form) small bird / sparrow / also pr. [qiao3]
(bird species of China) crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)
kun 鯤|鲲 and peng 鵬|鹏, mythological beasts / peng, a gigantic bird transformed from the kun
(of a bird) to perch / (of creatures in general) to inhabit; to dwell
bird of prey
(coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey
(ancient Chinese astronomy) Zhuque, the Vermilion Bird (the southern quadrant of the sky) / (Daoism) the guardian deity of the south
edible bird's nest
"dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM) / breastbone (of a bird) / keel (of a ship)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *颏* | 颏* | *颏
(used in bird names) throat
(bird species of China) western jackdaw; Eurasian jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *磔* | 磔* | *磔
old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of ), now called / sound made by birds (onom.) / (literary) to dismember (form of punishment) / to spread
birds and animals / creature / beast (brutal person)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鸫* | 鸫* | *鸫
thrush (bird of genus Turdus)
(bird species of China) little gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
to apply makeup to the eyebrows / (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus)
(bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides)
bird species / birds
(bird species of China) stock dove (Columba oenas)
bird eggs
(bird species of China) little egret (Egretta garzetta)
mythological daughter of Fiery Emperor 炎帝 who turned into bird Jingwei 精衛|精卫 after drowning
(bird species of China) Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)
(bird species of China) white stork (Ciconia ciconia)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鹗* | 鹗* | *鹗
(bird species of China) osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
(bird species of China) Eurasian goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
to pat / to slap / (of a bird) to flap (one's wings)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啁* | 啁* | *啁
twittering of birds
name used for many fishing birds / cormorant / osprey
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嗉* | 嗉* | *嗉
the crop of a bird
to molt (of birds) / to change feathers
net / fishing net / bird net
lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition / task of Sisyphus / determination in the face of impossible odds
lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom) / to kill two birds with one stone
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *隹* | 隹* | *隹
short-tailed bird
lit. like a little bird relying on people (idiom) / fig. cute and helpless-looking
fine hair grown by animals (or down grown by birds) in the fall / (fig.) sth barely discernible / the slightest thing / the minutest detail
(bird species of China) collared crow (Corvus torquatus)
(bird species of China) brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) / (fig.) small fry
bird
lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom) / fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences
bird cage / (fig.) prison / confinement
(bird species of China) grey nightjar (Caprimulgus jotaka)
(bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

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