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布谷

bù gǔ

2-character word Traditional 布穀

What 布谷 means

1. cuckoo

The characters in 布谷

• 布bùcloth; to declare; to announce
• 谷gǔgrain; corn

Example sentences

• 这种鸟被称为布谷鸟。
  Zhèzhǒng niǎo bèi chēngwéi bùgǔ niǎo.
  This bird is known as a cuckoo.
• 人们把这种鸟叫做布谷鸟。
  Rénmen bǎ zhèzhǒng niǎo jiàozuò bùgǔ niǎo.
  People call this kind of bird a cuckoo.

Words starting with 布谷

• 布谷鸟bù gǔ niǎocuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.); same as 杜鹃鸟