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鸭

yā

HSK 4 Character Traditional 鴨 Measure word 只

What 鸭 means

1. duck
2. slangmale prostitute

Example sentences

• 那只鸭子吃菠萝。
  The duck ate pineapple.
• 鸭子是怎么叫的？
  How do ducks call?
• 它看起来像一只鸭子。
  Tā kànqǐlai xiàng yī zhī yāzi.
  It looks like a duck.
• 如水流过鸭背般毫无反应。
  Rú shuǐ liúguò yābèi bān háowú fǎnyìng.
  It's like water on a duck's back.
• 他走路走得像只鸭子似的。
  He walks like a duck.
• 我是一只鸭子。我说英语。
  I am a duck. I speak English.

Words starting with 鸭

• 鸭子yā ziduck; (slang) male prostitute
• 鸭绿江Yā lù JiāngYalu River, forming part of the China-Korea border
• 鸭舌帽yā shé màopeaked cap
• 鸭掌yā zhǎngduck foot
• 鸭梨yā líChinese white pear (Pyrus × bretschneideri)
• 鸭绒yā róngduck down
• 鸭霸yā bà(Taiwan) unreasonable; overbearing; with no regard for others
• 鸭仔蛋yā zǐ dànbalut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell)
• 鸭嘴兽yā zuǐ shòuplatypus
• 鸭嘴龙yā zuǐ lónghadrosaur (duck-billed dinosaur)
• 鸭子儿yā zǐ r(colloquial) duck's egg
• 鸭蛋青yā dàn qīngpale blue

Words containing 鸭

• 烤鸭kǎo yāroast duck
• 丑小鸭chǒu xiǎo yā(fig.) ugly duckling
• 野鸭yě yāwild duck; mallard (Anas platyrhyncha)
• 唐老鸭Táng Lǎo yāDonald Duck
• 丑鸭chǒu yā(bird species of China) harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
• 做鸭zuò yā(slang) (of a man) to work as a prostitute
• 填鸭tián yāto force-feed ducks; (cooking) stuffed duck
• 家鸭jiā yādomestic duck
• 板鸭bǎn yāpressed (dried) salted duck
• 番鸭fān yāMuscovy duck
• 瘤鸭liú yā(bird species of China) knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
• 黄鸭huáng yāRuddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea); same as 赤麻鸭
• 冠麻鸭guān má yā(bird species of China) crested shelduck (Tadorna cristata)
• 吃鸭蛋chī yā dàn(fig.) to score 0 (on a test, in competition etc)
• 填鸭式tián yā shìforce feeding (as a teaching method)
• 小绒鸭xiǎo róng yā(bird species of China) Steller's eider (Polysticta stelleri)
• 斑嘴鸭bān zuǐ yā(bird species of China) eastern spot-billed duck (Anas zonorhyncha)
• 旱鸭子hàn yā zinon-swimmer
• 棕颈鸭zōng jǐng yā(bird species of China) Philippine duck (Anas luzonica)
• 毛鸭蛋máo yā dànbalut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell)
• 白眉鸭bái méi yā(bird species of China) garganey (Spatula querquedula)
• 绿翅鸭lǜ chì yā(bird species of China) Eurasian teal (Anas crecca)
• 绿头鸭lǜ tóu yā(bird species of China) mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
• 罗纹鸭luó wén yā(bird species of China) falcated duck (Mareca falcata)

Characters built on 甲

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

• 押yāto mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody
• 闸zhásluice; sluice gate; to dam up water; (colloquial) brake
• 呷gāused in 呷呷

Characters that look like 鸭

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

• 鸦yācrow
• 帧zhēnframe; classifier for paintings etc; Taiwan pr. zhèng
• 钡bèibarium (chemistry)
• 鸮xiāoowl (order Strigiformes)
• 鸨bǎoChinese bustard; procuress
• 馄húnused in 馄饨

Sounds the same

Read yā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 压to press; to push down; to keep under (control)
• 押to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody
• 鸦crow
• 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