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HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *關* | 關* | *關
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鳥* | 鳥* | *鳥
bird / CL: 隻|只, / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *隻* | 隻* | *隻
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鵰* | 鵰* | *鵰
bird of prey
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雕* | 雕* | *雕
to carve / to engrave / shrewd / bird of prey
HSK 7-9
bird's nest / nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鳴* | 鳴* | *鳴
to cry (of birds, animals and insects) / to make a sound / to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咕* | 咕* | *咕
(onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc
small bird / young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) / (fig.) penis (kiddie term) / (golf) birdie
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *牡* | 牡* | *牡
(of a bird, animal or plant) male / key / hills
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啁* | 啁* | *啁
twittering of birds
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鴂* | 鴂* | *鴂
tailorbird (Orthotomus spp.) / weaver bird (family Ploceidae) / variant of , shrike / cuckoo
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *翁* | 翁* | *翁
elderly man / father / father-in-law / neck feathers of a bird (old)
(bird species of China) Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus)
(bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple
bird's nest fern (Asplenium nidus)
(bird species of China) Eurasian goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
(bird species of China) Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *翅* | 翅* | *翅
(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
game / wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport
bird's nest
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鶯* | 鶯* | *鶯
oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers
(bird species of China) black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腄* | 腄* | *腄
callus on the hand or foot / upper leg bone of horse or bird / buttocks
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雀* | 雀* | *雀
(bound form) small bird / sparrow / also pr. [qiao3]
net for fishing or bird catching / (fig.) fetters / to snare (a valuable new team member etc) / to bring together under the one umbrella
legendary giant bird
pest bird (esp. one that feeds on farm crops or newly hatched fish)
to share vile habits / partners in notoriety / birds of a feather
edible bird's nest
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罥* | 罥* | *罥
bird catching net / to bind / to hang
(coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *爪* | 爪* | *爪
foot of a bird or animal / paw / claws / talons
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *爪* | 爪* | *爪
(coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc
birds
lark (bird of family Alaudidae)
to pat / to slap / (of a bird) to flap (one's wings)
(bird species of China) western jackdaw; Eurasian jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *棲* | 棲* | *棲
to perch / to rest (of birds) / to dwell / to live / to stay
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *頡* | 頡* | *頡
(of a bird) to fly upwards / (of the neck) stiff
(onom.) twittering of birds / whispering / murmuring
to apply makeup to the eyebrows / (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *噪* | 噪* | *噪
(literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp / (bound form) to make a cacophonous noise
to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed
to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哢* | 哢* | *哢
to sing or chirp (of birds) / music sound
nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae)
"dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM) / breastbone (of a bird) / keel (of a ship)
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)
birds and animals / creature / beast (brutal person)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嚶* | 嚶* | *嚶
calling of birds
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啼* | 啼* | *啼
(bound form) to cry; to weep loudly / (bound form) (of a bird or animal) to crow; to hoot; to screech
(bird species of China) Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)
(bird species of China) Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis)
(of a bird) to perch / (of creatures in general) to inhabit / to dwell
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘯* | 嘯* | *嘯
(of people) to whistle / (of birds and animals) to screech; to howl; to roar
similar things come together (idiom); like draws like / Birds of a feather flock together.
(bird species of China) crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)
bird
(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
bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously
migratory bird
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *唂* | 唂* | *唂
(onom.) bird call
one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
kun 鯤|鲲 and peng 鵬|鹏, mythological beasts / peng, a gigantic bird transformed from the kun
to get a bird's-eye view / bird's-eye view / broad overview
to emit a sound / (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc / (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咮* | 咮* | *咮
beak of bird / peck at
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嗉* | 嗉* | *嗉
the crop of a bird
(bird species of China) peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
net / fishing net / bird net
birds and beasts / fauna
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鯤* | 鯤* | *鯤
fry (newly hatched fish) / legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鵬|鹏
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喿* | 喿* | *喿
chirping of birds
(bird) twitter / chirp
lit. like a little bird relying on people (idiom) / fig. cute and helpless-looking
(literary) (lit.) to cripple the wings of a bird / (literary) (fig.) depressed; despondent; defeated
birds
lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom) / fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences
(of a bird) to fledge / (fig.) (of a person) to outgrow the need to be submissive to one's parents, mentor etc; to break away from the people who have supported one up to now
bird
birds / fowl
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雛* | 雛* | *雛
(bound form) chick; young bird
(bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides)
person of good character / nice person / bird with a melodious voice or beautiful plumage
lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom) / to kill two birds with one stone
bird cage / (fig.) prison / confinement
(bird species of China) gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
guano / bird excrement
legendary bird with nine heads (old) / cunning or sly person
net used to catch fish (or birds etc) / (fig.) the net of justice 法網|法网
(bird species of China) common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
(bird species of China) Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
lone bird / marginalized (country, person etc)
lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition / task of Sisyphus / determination in the face of impossible odds
matins / morning service (in the Catholic Church) / morning chorus (of birds)
(bird species of China) brown shrike (Lanius cristatus)

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