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鸟

niǎo

HSK 3 Character Traditional 鳥 Measure word 只、群

What 鸟 means

1. bird
2. "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196)
3. dialectto pay attention to
4. (intensifier) damned
5. goddamn

Other readings

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

• diǎovariant of {屌|diǎo}; penis

Example sentences

• 鸟下蛋。
  Niǎo xiàdàn.
  Birds lay eggs.
• 鸟能飞。
  A bird can fly.
• 鸟会飞。
  A bird can fly.
• 一石二鸟。
  Yīshí'èrniǎo.
  Kill two birds with one stone.
• 放飞鸟儿。
  Let the bird fly away.
• 鸟类飞行。
  Birds fly.

Words starting with 鸟

• 鸟类niǎo lèibirds
• 鸟笼niǎo lóngbirdcage
• 鸟巢niǎo cháobird's nest; nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium
• 鸟鸣niǎo míngbirdsong; warbling
• 鸟语花香niǎo yǔ huā xiānglit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring…
• 鸟瞰niǎo kànto get a bird's-eye view; bird's-eye view; broad overview
• 鸟兽niǎo shòubirds and beasts; fauna
• 鸟事niǎo shìdamn thing; (not one's) goddamn business
• 鸟人diǎo rén(vulgar) damned wretch; fucker; also pr. niǎo rén
• 鸟儿niǎo rbird
• 鸟叔Niǎo shūnickname of Korean singer PSY
• 鸟嘴niǎo zuǐbeak
• 鸟居niǎo jūtorii (gateway of a Shinto shrine) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鳥居 "torii")
• 鸟屋niǎo wūbirdhouse
• 鸟击niǎo jībird strike (aviation)
• 鸟枪niǎo qiāngflintlock musket; fowling piece (shotgun); air gun
• 鸟机niǎo jīfowling piece (archaic gun)
• 鸟疫niǎo yìornithosis
• 鸟道niǎo dàoa road only a bird can manage; steep dangerous road
• 鸟虫书niǎo chóng shūbird writing, a calligraphic style based on seal script 篆书
• 鸟类学niǎo lèi xuéornithology; study of birds
• 鸟不生蛋niǎo bù shēng dàndeserted (of a place)
• 鸟脚下目niǎo jiǎo xià mùOrnithopoda, suborder of herbivorous dinosaurs including iguanodon
• 鸟脚亚目niǎo jiǎo yà mùOrnithopoda (suborder of herbivorous dinosaurs)

Words containing 鸟

• 小鸟xiǎo niǎosmall bird; young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick); (fig.) penis (kiddie term)
• 飞鸟fēi niǎobird
• 候鸟hòu niǎomigratory bird
• 花鸟huā niǎopainting of birds and flowers
• 鸵鸟tuó niǎoostrich
• 啄木鸟zhuó mù niǎowoodpecker
• 水鸟shuǐ niǎowaterbird
• 蜂鸟fēng niǎohummingbird
• 坏鸟huài niǎosinister person; unsavory character; broken (not in working order)
• 夜鸟yè niǎonocturnal bird
• 好鸟hǎo niǎoperson of good character; nice person; bird with a melodious voice or beautiful plumage
• 孤鸟gū niǎolone bird; marginalized (country, person etc)
• 害鸟hài niǎopest bird (esp. one that feeds on farm crops or newly hatched fish)
• 恐鸟kǒng niǎomonstrous bird; moa (genus Dinornithidae, extinct bird of New Zealand)
• 打鸟dǎ niǎoto shoot a bird (with a gun, slingshot etc); to photograph birds
• 放鸟fàng niǎoto stand someone up
• 早鸟zǎo niǎoearly-bird (discount, ticket, registration etc)
• 海鸟hǎi niǎoseabird
• 潜鸟qián niǎoloon (bird of genus Gavia)
• 烧鸟shāo niǎoyakitori, a Japanese dish of skewered grilled chicken
• 留鸟liú niǎononmigratory bird
• 益鸟yì niǎobeneficial bird (esp. one that preys on insect pests or mice)
• 祖鸟zǔ niǎodinosaur ancestor of birds
• 神鸟shén niǎosupernatural bird

Characters that look like 鸟

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

• 写xiěto write
• 乌wūcrow; black
• 夷yínon-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out

Sounds the same

Read niǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 袅delicate; graceful
• 嬲to tease; to disturb
• 茑parasitic mistletoe (Loranthus parasiticus), esp. on the mulberry