鸟 (鳥) niǎo
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niǎo
noun
bird
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Zoology , Concept: Bird 鸟
Notes: (Barnes 2007, p. 31; Guoyu '鳥' n 1; Unihan '鳥') -
niǎo
noun
Kangxi radical 196
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '鳥' n 2; Unihan '鳥') -
diǎo
noun
a male reproductive organ; penis
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Biology
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '鳥'; Guoyu '鳥' diǎo 1) -
diǎo
noun
an obscene term
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Spoken Language
Notes: (Guoyu '鳥' diǎo 2)
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- 众鸟欣有托(眾鳥欣有托) all birds delight in the place where they rest
- 黑胸太阳鸟(黑胸太陽鳥) black-throated sunbird (Aethopyga saturata)
- 黄腹花蜜鸟(黃腹花蜜鳥) olive-backed sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis)
- 蓝耳拟啄木鸟(藍耳擬啄木鳥) blue-eared barbet (Megalaima australis)
- 银胸阔嘴鸟(銀胸闊嘴鳥) silver-breasted broadbill (Serilophus lunatus)
- 和平鸟(和平鳥) Asian fairy-bluebird (Irena puella)
- 鸟澡盆(鳥澡盆) birdbath
- 鸟瞰(鳥瞰) to get a bird's-eye view; bird's-eye view; broad overview
- 暗绿绣眼鸟(暗綠繡眼鳥) Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
- 驼鸟(駝鳥) ostrich; common ostrich
- 鸟不生蛋,狗不拉屎(鳥不生蛋,狗不拉屎) (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate; god-forsaken; remote and desolate
- 朱背啄花鸟(朱背啄花鳥) scarlet-backed flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
- 鸟兽(鳥獸) birds and beasts; fauna
- 蓝喉太阳鸟(藍喉太陽鳥) Mrs. Gould's sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae)
- 人为财死,鸟为食亡(人為財死,鳥為食亡) human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food
- 小鸟依人(小鳥依人) like a little bird relying on people; cute and helpless-looking
- 鸟屋(鳥屋) birdhouse
- 鸟机(鳥機) fowling piece (archaic gun)
- 鸟语花香(鳥語花香) the intoxication of a beautiful spring day
- 灰头啄木鸟(灰頭啄木鳥) grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus)
- 鸟枪换炮(鳥槍換炮) bird shotgun replaced by cannon; equipment improved enormously
- 鳞喉绿啄木鸟(鱗喉綠啄木鳥) streak-throated woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus)
- 柳雷鸟(柳雷鳥) willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)
- 虫鸟叫声(蟲鳥叫聲) chirp
- 红喉潜鸟(紅喉潛鳥) red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)
- 斑椋鸟(斑椋鳥) pied myna (Gracupica contra)
- 伤弓之鸟(傷弓之鳥) a bird injured by a bow; one frightened by past experiences
- 白鸟(白鳥) a white bird ; a mosquito
- 太平洋潜鸟(太平洋潛鳥) Pacific loon (Gavia pacifica)
- 鸵鸟政策(鴕鳥政策) ostrich policy (sticking one's head in the sand, failing to acknowledge danger)
- 作鸟兽散(作鳥獸散) scatter like birds and beasts; to head off in various directions; to flee helter-skelter
- 恐鸟(恐鳥) monstrous bird ; moa
- 鸟道(鳥道) a road only a bird can manage; steep dangerous road
- 枪打出头鸟(槍打出頭鳥) the shot hits the bird that pokes its head out; nonconformity gets punished
- 金喉拟啄木鸟(金喉擬啄木鳥) golden-throated barbet (Megalaima franklinii)
- 鸷鸟(鷙鳥) a bird of prey; a falcon
- 鸟蛤(鳥蛤) cockle (mollusk of the family Cardiidae)
- 长尾山椒鸟(長尾山椒鳥) long-tailed minivet (Pericrocotus ethologus)
- 捕鸟蛛(捕鳥蛛) tarantulas
- 绿喉太阳鸟(綠喉太陽鳥) green-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis)
- 花腹绿啄木鸟(花腹綠啄木鳥) laced woodpecker (Picus vittatus)
- 似鸟恐龙(似鳥恐龍) ornithischian; bird-like dinosaur
- 越鸟巢南枝(越鳥巢南枝) the bird from Yüeh nests on the Southern branch
- 莺鸟(鶯鳥) oriole; bird
- 鸟书(鳥書) bird script
- 乌鸟私情(烏鳥私情) the solicitude of the crow (who provides for his old parent); filial piety
- 黄冠啄木鸟(黃冠啄木鳥) lesser yellownape (Picus chlorolophus)
- 鸟虫书(鳥蟲書) bird and insect script
- 鸟嘌呤(鳥嘌呤) guanine nucleotide
- 鸵鸟(鴕鳥) ostrich
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- 《鳥部》 Niǎo Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 153
- 卷二 西山經 Chapter 2: Classic of the Mountains - West Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 41
- 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 38
- 卷十三 Scroll 13 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 32
- 卷五 中山經 Chapter 5: Classic of the Mountains - Central Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 26
- 卷十五 Scroll 15 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 23
- 卷三 北山經 Chapter 3: Classic of the Mountains - North Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 20
- 卷二 Scroll 2 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 18
- 卷三十四 志第二十四 五行一 Volume 34 Treatises 28: Five Elements 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 18
- 卷二十九 Scroll 29 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 18
Collocations
- 黄鸟 (黃鳥) 黃鳥于飛 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧葛覃 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Ge Tan — count: 23
- 鸟飞 (鳥飛) 鳥飛准繩 — Guanzi 管子, 宙合第十一 Chapter 11: Zhou He — count: 9
- 鸟鼠 (鳥鼠) 鳥鼠攸去 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鴻鴈之什‧斯干 Minor odes of the kingdom - Hong Yan Zhi Shen - Si Gan — count: 7
- 鸟集 (鳥集) 鳥集者 — Art of War 孫子兵法, 孫子兵法 The Art of War by Sunzi — count: 4
- 朱鸟 (朱鳥) 前朱鳥而後玄武 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 4
- 凤鸟 (鳳鳥) 鳳鳥適至 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
- 高鸟 (高鳥) 強弩弋高鳥 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一 原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 3
- 乌鸟 (烏鳥) 掌羅烏鳥 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 夏官司馬 第四 4. Offices of Summer and Minister of War — count: 3
- 鸟鱼 (鳥魚) 鳥魚可謂愚矣 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十二 公孟 Book 12 - Gong Meng — count: 3
- 鸟黄 (鳥黃) 黃鳥黃鳥 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鴻鴈之什‧黃鳥 Minor odes of the kingdom - Hong Yan Zhi Shen - Huang Niao — count: 3