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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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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) Assam laughingthrush (Trochalopteron chrysopterum)
(bird species of China) black-winged snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi)
(bird species of China) grey-breasted prinia (Prinia hodgsonii)
(bird species of China) Sichuan jay (Perisoreus internigrans)
(bird species of China) Asian rosy finch (Leucosticte arctoa)
(bird species of China) common pochard (Aythya ferina)
(bird species of China) lesser necklaced laughingthrush (Garrulax monileger)
(bird species of China) bridled tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)
(bird species of China) western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
(bird species of China) black-headed greenfinch (Chloris ambigua)
(bird species of China) Ward's trogon (Harpactes wardi)
(bird species of China) green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
(bird species of China) yellow-billed loon (Gavia adamsii)
(bird species of China) rusty-fronted barwing (Actinodura egertoni)
(bird species of China) great iora (Aegithina lafresnayei)
(bird species of China) Taiwan scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus musicus)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鷏* | 鷏* | *鷏
bird name
(bird species of China) hill pigeon (Columba rupestris)
(bird species of China) green-billed malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis)
kiwi (bird)
(bird species of China) Blyth's reed warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)
(bird species of China) rufous-backed sibia (Leioptila annectens)
(bird species of China) Himalayan bluetail (Tarsiger rufilatus)
(bird species of China) grey-tailed tattler (Tringa brevipes)
(bird species of China) white-gorgeted flycatcher (Anthipes monileger)
(bird species of China) European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
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) ashy drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus)
(bird species of China) green-eared barbet (Psilopogon faiostrictus)
(bird species of China) sulphur-breasted warbler (Phylloscopus ricketti)
(bird species of China) short-tailed parrotbill (Suthora davidiana)
(bird species of China) harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
(bird species of China) large cuckooshrike (Coracina macei)
a road only a bird can manage / steep dangerous road
(bird species of China) common loon (Gavia immer)
(bird species of China) grey-hooded warbler (Phylloscopus xanthoschistos)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *翁* | 翁* | *翁
elderly man / father / father-in-law / neck feathers of a bird (old)
(bird species of China) pygmy cupwing; pygmy wren-babbler (Pnoepyga pusilla)
(bird species of China) black-crowned scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus ferruginosus)
(bird species of China) meadow bunting (Emberiza cioides)
(bird species of China) water rail (Rallus aquaticus)
roc (mythical bird of prey) / great talent
(bird species of China) Hodgson's treecreeper (Certhia hodgsoni)
(bird species of China) striated heron (Butorides striata)
(bird species of China) great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
(bird species of China) bronzed drongo (Dicrurus aeneus)
(bird species of China) Nonggang babbler (Stachyris nonggangensis)
small bird / young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) / (fig.) penis (kiddie term) / (golf) birdie
(bird species of China) Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
(bird species of China) streak-breasted scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus ruficollis)
(bird species of China) common buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus)
(bird species of China) lesser frigatebird (Fregata ariel)
(bird species of China) Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啸* | 啸* | *啸
(of people) to whistle / (of birds and animals) to screech; to howl; to roar
(bird species of China) Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)
(bird species of China) David's fulvetta (Alcippe davidi)
(bird species of China) warbling white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
(bird species of China) oriental darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *噪* | 噪* | *噪
(literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp / (bound form) to make a cacophonous noise
(bird species of China) vernal hanging parrot (Loriculus vernalis)
(bird species of China) black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
(bird species of China) common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
(bird species of China) citrine wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
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
(bird species of China) White's thrush (Zoothera aurea)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鹏* | 鹏* | *鹏
Peng, large fabulous bird / roc
bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner
(Tw) early bird discount
(bird species of China) rufous-fronted babbler (Cyanoderma rufifrons)
the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) / the early bird catches the worm / first come, first served
birds
(bird species of China) white-browed laughingthrush (Pterorhinus sannio)
(bird species of China) long-billed murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *牡* | 牡* | *牡
(of a bird, animal or plant) male / key / hills
(bird species of China) stripe-throated yuhina (Yuhina gularis)
(bird species of China) wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus)
(bird species of China) pale-headed woodpecker (Gecinulus grantia)
(bird species of China) blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus)
(bird species of China) tricoloured munia (Lonchura malacca)
bird
(bird species of China) brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
(bird species of China) Himalayan white-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus thura)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *栖* | 栖* | *栖
to perch / to rest (of birds) / to dwell / to live / to stay
(bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
(bird species of China) lesser yellownape (Picus chlorolophus)
(bird species of China) orange-headed thrush (Geokichla citrina)
roc (mythical bird of prey)
(bird species of China) little stint (Calidris minuta)
(bird species of China) silver-breasted broadbill (Serilophus lunatus)
(bird species of China) russet sparrow (Passer cinnamomeus)

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