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莺

yīng

Character Traditional 鶯

What 莺 means

1. oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers

Other readings

莺 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yīngvariant of {莺|yīng}

Example sentences

• 在安静的晚上，我们沉浸在夜莺悦耳的歌声中。
  Zài ānjìng de wǎnshang, wǒmen chénjìn zài yèyīng yuè'ěr de gēshēng zhōng.
  In the evening quiet, we enjoy the song of the euphonious nightingale.
• 越过松林，远处有一座小花园。那里青草长得又长又茂盛，铁杉花像洁白的星星一样闪耀，夜莺整夜唱歌。它整夜歌唱，冰冷的月光俯瞰着它，紫杉树张开巨大的枝干，庇护着沉睡的人们。
  Far away beyond the pine-woods, there is a little garden. There the grass grows long and deep, there are the great white stars of the hemlock flower, there the nightingale sings all night long. All night long he sings, and the cold crystal moon looks down, and the yew-tree spreads out its giant arms over the sleepers.

Words starting with 莺

• 莺鸟yīng niǎooriole; bird
• 莺歌燕舞yīng gē yàn wǔthe warbler sings and the swallow dances; prosperity abounds (idiom)

Words containing 莺

• 夜莺yè yīngnightingale
• 黄莺huáng yīngblack-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
• 柳莺liǔ yīng(ornithology) leaf warbler (bird of genus Phylloscopus)
• 冕柳莺miǎn liǔ yīng(bird species of China) eastern crowned warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus)
• 北蝗莺běi huáng yīng(bird species of China) Middendorff's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes ochotensis)
• 大树莺dà shù yīng(bird species of China) chestnut-crowned bush warbler (Cettia major)
• 大草莺dà cǎo yīng(bird species of China) Chinese grassbird (Graminicola striatus)
• 大苇莺dà wěi yīng(bird species of China) great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
• 小蝗莺xiǎo huáng yīng(bird species of China) Pallas's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes certhiola)
• 林柳莺lín liǔ yīng(bird species of China) wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
• 欧柳莺ōu liǔ yīng(bird species of China) willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
• 灰柳莺huī liǔ yīng(bird species of China) sulphur-bellied warbler (Phylloscopus griseolus)
• 烟柳莺yān liǔ yīng(bird species of China) smoky warbler (Phylloscopus fuligiventer)
• 短尾莺duǎn wěi yīng(bird species of China) Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)
• 芦苇莺lú wěi yīng(bird species of China) common reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
• 褐柳莺hè liǔ yīng(bird species of China) dusky warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
• 靴篱莺xuē lí yīng(bird species of China) booted warbler (Iduna caligata)
• 休氏树莺Xiū shì shù yīng(bird species of China) Hume's bush warbler (Horornis brunnescens)
• 冠纹柳莺guān wén liǔ yīng(bird species of China) Claudia's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus claudiae)
• 北短翅莺běi duǎn chì yīng(bird species of China) Baikal bush warbler (Locustella davidi)
• 厚嘴苇莺hòu zuǐ wěi yīng(bird species of China) thick-billed warbler (Arundinax aedon)
• 史氏蝗莺Shǐ shì huáng yīng(bird species of China) Styan's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes pleskei)
• 叽咋柳莺jī zǎ liǔ yīng(bird species of China) common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
• 噪大苇莺zào dà wěi yīng(bird species of China) clamorous reed warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus)

Characters built on 鸟

These share the phonetic component 鸟 (niǎo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 鹰yīnggeneral term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)
• 鸣míngto cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound…
• 鹦yīng(bound form) parrot
• 鸰língused in 鹡鸰

Characters that look like 莺

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

• 常chángalways; ever; often
• 营yíngcamp; barracks; battalion
• 萦yíng(literary) to wind around
• 鸳yuānmandarin duck
• 鸯yāngused in 鸳鸯
• 鸾luánmythical bird related to phoenix

Sounds the same

Read yīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 应to agree (to do sth); should; ought to
• 英hero; outstanding; excellent
• 婴infant; baby
• 鹰general term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)
• 樱cherry
• 瑛(literary) translucent stone similar to jade; (literary) luster of jade
• 缨tassel; sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc); ribbon
• 膺breast; receive
• 罂earthen jar with small mouth
• 鹦(bound form) parrot
• 嘤calling of birds
• 璎necklace