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夜鹰

yè yīng

2-character word Traditional 夜鷹

What 夜鹰 means

1. nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae)

The characters in 夜鹰

• 夜yènight
• 鹰yīnggeneral term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)

Words containing 夜鹰

• 林夜鹰lín yè yīng(bird species of China) savanna nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis)
• 欧夜鹰ōu yè yīng(bird species of China) European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
• 中亚夜鹰Zhōng yà yè yīng(bird species of China) Vaurie's nightjar (Caprimulgus centralasicus)
• 埃及夜鹰Āi jí yè yīng(bird species of China) Egyptian nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius)
• 普通夜鹰pǔ tōng yè yīng(bird species of China) grey nightjar (Caprimulgus jotaka)
• 毛腿夜鹰máo tuǐ yè yīng(bird species of China) great eared nightjar (Lyncornis macrotis)
• 长尾夜鹰cháng wěi yè yīng(bird species of China) large-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)

Sounds the same

Read yè yīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 夜莺nightingale