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布谷鸟

bù gǔ niǎo

3-character word Traditional 布谷鳥

What 布谷鸟 means

1. cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.)
2. same as {杜鹃鸟|dù juān niǎo}

The characters in 布谷鸟

• 布bùcloth; to declare; to announce
• 谷gǔgrain; corn
• 鸟niǎobird; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196)…

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.