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禽

qín

HSK 6 Character

What 禽 means

1. bound formbirds; fowl
2. literarybirds and animals
3. old variant of {擒|qín}

Example sentences

• 苍鹭是一种涉禽。
  The heron is a wading bird.
• 良禽择木而栖，贤臣择主而事。
  Liángqínzémù'érqī, xián chén zé zhǔ ér shì.
  A prudent bird chooses its tree. A wise servant chooses his master.
• 君子对于飞禽走兽，见到它们活着，便不忍心见到它们死；听到它们哀叫，便不忍心吃它们的肉。
  Jūnzǐ duìyú fēiqínzǒushòu, jiàndào tāmen huózhe, biàn bù rěnxīn jiàndào tāmen sǐ; tīngdào tāmen āi jiào, biàn bù rěnxīn chī tāmen de ròu.
  The superior man is affected towards animals: having seen them alive, he cannot bear to see them die; having heard their cries, he cannot bear to eat their flesh.
• 政府官员与业界人士也开始意识到「甲烷捕捉计画」的潜力。美国农业部正在密西西比州及其他数个州资助农场内的实验场址。部分大型禽肉加工业者正在成立再生能源部门，以供应饲料厂所需电力。此外，一家燃料公司正在评估是否可以用鸡只排放的甲烷取代天然气，并注入管线，用来为部分沿线发电机提供动力。
  Officials from government and industry are also starting to recognize the potential of the Methane Capture Project. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding experimental on-farm sites in Mississippi and several other states. Some large poultry processors are launching renewable energy divisions to power their feed mills. And a fuel company is investigating the possibility of pumping chicken-waste methane instead of natural gas through its pipeline, and to use it to power some of the generators along the way.

Words starting with 禽

• 禽流感qín liú gǎnbird flu; avian influenza
• 禽兽qín shòubirds and animals; creature; beast (brutal person)
• 禽类qín lèibird species; birds
• 禽畜qín chùpoultry and livestock
• 禽蛋qín dànbird eggs
• 禽鸟qín niǎobirds; fowl
• 禽龙qín lóngiguanodon
• 禽兽不如qín shòu bù rúworse than a beast; to behave immorally

Words containing 禽

• 飞禽走兽fēi qín zǒu shòu(idiom) birds and animals
• 家禽jiā qínpoultry; domestic fowl
• 飞禽fēi qínbirds
• 水禽shuǐ qínwaterfowl
• 活禽huó qínlive poultry
• 猛禽měng qínbird of prey
• 种禽zhǒng qíncock; male breeding poultry
• 走禽zǒu qínRatitae (formerly Cursores) flightless birds such as ostriches
• 野禽yě qínfowl
• 鸟禽niǎo qínbird
• 鸣禽míng qínsongbird
• 捕禽人bǔ qín rénbirdcatcher; fowler
• 珍禽奇兽zhēn qín qí shòurare animals and birds
• 良禽择木liáng qín zé mùa fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb); fig. a talented person chooses a patron…
• 衣冠禽兽yī guān qín shòulit. dressed up animal (idiom); fig. immoral and despicable person
• 良禽择木而栖liáng qín zé mù ér qīa fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb); fig. a talented person chooses a patron…

Characters that look like 禽

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 裔yì(bound form) descendants; (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 华裔; (literary) distant lands
• 愈yùthe more...(the more...); to recover; to heal
• 庸yōngordinary; to use
• 惫bèiexhausted
• 翕xīto open and close (the mouth etc); friendly; compliant

Sounds the same

Read qín, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 琴guqin 古琴; musical instrument in general
• 勤diligent; industrious; hardworking; frequent; regular; constant; (bound form) work; duty…
• 擒to capture
• 噙to hold in (usually refers the mouth or eyes)
• 芹Chinese celery
• 嗪used in phonetic transcription -xine, -zine or -chin
• 螓small cicada with a square head
• 檎used in 林檎
• 芩Phragmites japonica
• 慬(literary) brave; worried; distressed
• 庈(person)
• 锓to carve