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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
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  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鸣* | 鸣* | *鸣
to cry (of birds, animals and insects) / to make a sound / to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
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  *翁* | 翁* | *翁
elderly man / father / father-in-law / neck feathers of a bird (old)
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  *爪* | 爪* | *爪
foot of a bird or animal / paw / claws / talons
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  *爪* | 爪* | *爪
(coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc
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  *雀* | 雀* | *雀
(bound form) small bird / sparrow / also pr. [qiao3]
small bird / young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) / (fig.) penis (kiddie term) / (golf) birdie
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啸* | 啸* | *啸
(of people) to whistle / (of birds and animals) to screech; to howl; to roar
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  *噪* | 噪* | *噪
(literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp / (bound form) to make a cacophonous noise
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  *雏* | 雏* | *雏
(bound form) chick; young bird
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鹏* | 鹏* | *鹏
Peng, large fabulous bird / roc
the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) / the early bird catches the worm / first come, first served
birds
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  *鲲* | 鲲* | *鲲
fry (newly hatched fish) / legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鵬|鹏
kun 鯤|鲲 and peng 鵬|鹏, mythological beasts / peng, a gigantic bird transformed from the kun
lark (bird of family Alaudidae)
painting of birds and flowers
bird
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *栖* | 栖* | *栖
to perch / to rest (of birds) / to dwell / to live / to stay
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啼* | 啼* | *啼
(bound form) to cry; to weep loudly / (bound form) (of a bird or animal) to crow; to hoot; to screech
four divisions (of the twenty-eight constellations 二十八宿 of the sky into groups of seven mansions), namely: Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙, White Tiger 白虎, Vermilion Bird 朱雀, Black Tortoise 玄武
bird
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咕* | 咕* | *咕
(onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc
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  *颉* | 颉* | *颉
(of a bird) to fly upwards / (of the neck) stiff
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  *鵺* | 鵺* | *鵺
a kind of bird similar to pheasant
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  *牡* | 牡* | *牡
(of a bird, animal or plant) male / key / hills
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鸩* | 鸩* | *鸩
legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison / poisonous / to poison sb
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)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罟* | 罟* | *罟
to implicate / net for birds or fish
vulture / (bird species of China) cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *莺* | 莺* | *莺
oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers
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  *翅* | 翅* | *翅
(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
(of a bird, fish etc) to be caught in a net / (of a tennis ball) to hit the net / (of a criminal) to be captured
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鸾* | 鸾* | *鸾
mythical bird related to phoenix
(bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鸷* | 鸷* | *鸷
fierce / brutal / bird of prey
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘤* | 嘤* | *嘤
calling of birds
(bird species of China) crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)
birds and beasts / fauna
(of a bird) to peck at food
(of a bird) to perch / (of creatures in general) to inhabit; to dwell
bird of prey
(coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey
one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
(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)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *颏* | 颏* | *颏
(used in bird names) throat
(bird species of China) western jackdaw; Eurasian jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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)
to emit a sound / (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc / (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound
bird's nest
(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) Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus)
(bird species of China) Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)
(bird species of China) white stork (Ciconia ciconia)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啁* | 啁* | *啁
twittering of birds
name used for many fishing birds / cormorant / osprey
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
(bird species of China) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鹛* | 鹛* | *鹛
babbler (bird)
(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

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