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鸦

yā

HSK 6 Character Traditional 鴉

What 鸦 means

1. crow

Other readings

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

• yāvariant of {鸦|yā}

Example sentences

• 这只乌鸦飞走了。
  Zhè zhī wūyā fēi zǒu le.
  The crow flew away.
• 宗教是人民的鸦片。
  Zōngjiào shì rénmín de yāpiàn.
  Religion is the opium of the people.
• 突然间，鸦雀无声。
  Tūrán jiān, yāquèwúshēng.
  Suddenly, everything fell silent.
• 纽约市出现了一种新的艺术潮流，将古老的钩编工艺带到了街头。在那里，传统上，墙壁和栅栏一直是涂鸦艺术家的画布。
  A new art trend in New York City takes the age-old craft of crocheting to the streets, where traditionally walls and fences have been serving as canvases for graffiti artists.

Words starting with 鸦

• 鸦片yā piàn(loanword) opium
• 鸦雀无声yā què wú shēnglit. crow and peacock make no sound; absolute silence (idiom)…
• 鸦片战争Yā piàn Zhàn zhēngthe Opium War (1839–1842); the Opium Wars (1839–1842 and 1856–1860)
• 鸦片枪yā piàn qiāngopium pipe
• 鸦嘴卷尾yā zuǐ juǎn wěi(bird species of China) crow-billed drongo (Dicrurus annectens)

Words containing 鸦

• 乌鸦wū yācrow; raven
• 涂鸦tú yāgraffiti; scrawl; poor calligraphy
• 家鸦jiā yā(bird species of China) house crow (Corvus splendens)
• 寒鸦hán yā(bird species of China) western jackdaw; Eurasian jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
• 星鸦xīng yā(bird species of China) spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
• 松鸦sōng yā(bird species of China) Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)
• 渡鸦dù yā(bird species of China) common raven (Corvus corax)
• 北噪鸦běi zào yā(bird species of China) Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus)
• 大乌鸦dà wū yāa raven
• 水老鸦shuǐ lǎo yācommon name for cormorant
• 乌鸦嘴wū yā zuǐcrow's beak; (fig.) person who makes an inauspicious remark
• 乌鸦座Wū yā zuòCorvus (constellation)
• 白颈鸦bái jǐng yā(bird species of China) collared crow (Corvus torquatus)
• 大嘴乌鸦dà zuǐ wū yā(bird species of China) large-billed crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
• 小嘴乌鸦xiǎo zuǐ wū yā(bird species of China) carrion crow (Corvus corone)
• 暗色鸦雀àn sè yā què(bird species of China) grey-hooded parrotbill (Suthora zappeyi)
• 棕头鸦雀zōng tóu yā què(bird species of China) vinous-throated parrotbill (Suthora webbiana)
• 灰冠鸦雀huī guān yā què(bird species of China) Przevalski's parrotbill; rusty-throated parrotbill…
• 灰喉鸦雀huī hóu yā què(bird species of China) ashy-throated parrotbill (Suthora alphonsiana)
• 灰头鸦雀huī tóu yā què(bird species of China) grey-headed parrotbill (Paradoxornis gularis)
• 白尾地鸦bái wěi dì yā(bird species of China) Xinjiang ground jay (Podoces biddulphi)
• 白胸鸦雀bái xiōng yā què(bird species of China) white-breasted parrotbill (Paradoxornis ruficeps)
• 短尾鸦雀duǎn wěi yā què(bird species of China) short-tailed parrotbill (Suthora davidiana)
• 红嘴山鸦hóng zuǐ shān yā(bird species of China) red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)

Characters built on 牙

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

• 雅yǎelegant
• 呀ya(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
• 讶yàastounded
• 芽yábud; sprout
• 玡yávariant of 琊
• 砑yàto calender
• 蚜yáaphis
• 伢yá(dialect) child

Characters that look like 鸦

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

• 弱ruòweak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as
• 逃táoto escape; to run away; to flee
• 鸭yāduck; (slang) male prostitute
• 捣dǎoto pound; to beat; to hull
• 鸥ōucommon gull
• 鸨bǎoChinese bustard; procuress

Sounds the same

Read yā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 压to press; to push down; to keep under (control)
• 鸭duck; (slang) male prostitute
• 押to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody
• 丫fork; branch; bifurcation
• 呀ah (used to express surprise); (onomatopoeia) creaking
• 哑(onomatopoeia) sound of cawing; sound of infant learning to talk; variant of 呀
• 桠forking branch
• 垭(dialect) strip of land between hills; used in place names; also pr. yà
• 煆raging fire