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雀

què

HSK 6 Character

What 雀 means

1. bound formsmall bird
2. sparrow
3. also pr. qiǎo

Other readings

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

• qiāoa freckle; lentigo

Example sentences

• 麻雀正在树上唱歌。
  Máquè zhèngzài shù shàng chàng gē.
  The sparrow is singing in the trees.
• 突然间，鸦雀无声。
  Tūrán jiān, yāquèwúshēng.
  Suddenly, everything fell silent.
• 红发的人往往有雀斑。
  Hóngfà de rén wǎngwǎng yǒu quèbān.
  Red-haired people tend to have freckles.
• 瞄准麻雀, 击中鹅。
  Miáozhǔn máquè, jīzhòng é.
  I aimed at a sparrow, but shot down a goose.
• 我的金丝雀被一只猫杀死了。
  Wǒ de jīnsīquè bèi yī zhī māo shāsǐ le.
  My canary was killed by a cat.
• 我觉得汤姆知道怎么玩麻雀。
  Tom knows how to play mahjong, I think.

Words starting with 雀

• 雀跃què yuèexcited; in high spirits
• 雀斑què bānfreckles
• 雀巢Què cháoNestlé
• 雀噪què zàoto be a noise in the world; to acquire notoriety
• 雀子qiāo zia freckle; lentigo
• 雀盲què mángnight blindness
• 雀类què lèifinch (family Fringillidae)
• 雀鸟què niǎobird
• 雀鹰què yīng(bird species of China) Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
• 雀儿喜Què ér xǐ(Taiwan) (name) Chelsea
• 雀儿山Què ér ShānChola Mountains in Sichuan
• 雀形目què xíng mùorder Passeriformes (perching birds)
• 雀盲眼qiǎo mang yǎnnight blindness (dialect)

Words containing 雀

• 麻雀má quèsparrow; (dialect) mahjong
• 孔雀kǒng quèpeafowl; peacock
• 鸦雀无声yā què wú shēnglit. crow and peacock make no sound; absolute silence (idiom)…
• 欢呼雀跃huān hū què yuècheering excitedly (idiom); jubilant
• 云雀yún què(bird species of China) Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis)
• 朱雀zhū quèrosefinch (genus Carpodacus)
• 山雀shān quètit
• 松雀sōng què(bird species of China) pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
• 石雀shí què(bird species of China) rock sparrow (Petronia petronia)
• 绿雀lǜ quèoriental greenfinch (Carduelis sinica)
• 藏雀zàng què(bird species of China) Tibetan rosefinch (Carpodacus roborowskii)
• 血雀xuè què(bird species of China) scarlet finch (Carpodacus sipahi)
• 鸟雀niǎo quèbird
• 黄雀huáng què(bird species of China) Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus)
• 冠海雀guān hǎi què(bird species of China) Japanese murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume)
• 北朱雀běi zhū què(bird species of China) Pallas's rosefinch (Carpodacus roseus)
• 大山雀dà shān què(bird species of China) great tit (Parus major)
• 大朱雀dà zhū què(bird species of China) great rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilla)
• 孔雀女kǒng què nǚ(net slang) spoiled city girl from a rich family
• 孔雀座Kǒng què zuòPavo (constellation)
• 孔雀河Kǒng què HéPeacock River in Xinjiang
• 家雀儿jiā qiǎo r(colloquial) sparrow
• 家麻雀jiā má què(bird species of China) house sparrow (Passer domesticus)
• 小云雀xiǎo yún què(bird species of China) oriental skylark (Alauda gulgula)

Characters that look like 雀

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

• 富fùrich; abundant; wealthy
• 唐tángto exaggerate; empty; in vain
• 畜xùto raise (animals)
• 崔cuī(literary) (of mountains) lofty
• 莓méi(bound form) berry (e.g. strawberry, blackberry, loganberry)
• 窖jiàocellar; to store in a cellar

Sounds the same

Read què, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 却but; yet; however
• 确authenticated; solid; firm
• 鹊magpie
• 阙Imperial city watchtower (old); fault; deficiency
• 阕(literary) to end; to stop; one of the stanzas (usually two) of a ci poem 词…
• 榷footbridge; toll, levy; monopoly
• 芍used in 芍陂
• 悫honest
• 碻solid; firm
• 埆(of land) barren; stony
• 塙truly
• 搉consult; knock; beat