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鹦

yīng

Character Traditional 鸚

What 鹦 means

1. bound formparrot

Example sentences

• 那只鹦鹉死了。
  The parrot is dead.
• 你们喂鹦鹉了吗？
  Did you feed the parrots?
• 鹦鹉会模仿人的声音。
  Yīngwǔ huì mófǎng rén de shēngyīn.
  A parrot can mimic a person's voice.
• 她养一只鹦鹉作为宠物。
  Tā yǎng yī zhī yīngwǔ zuòwéi chǒngwù.
  She keeps a parrot as a pet.
• 鹦鹉懂得模仿人类说话。
  Parrots imitate human speech.
• 那只鹦鹉是托比亚斯与他已故父亲之间唯一的连结。
  That parrot was Tobias's only connection with his late father.

Words starting with 鹦

• 鹦鹉yīng wǔparrot
• 鹦哥yīng gē(colloquial) parrot
• 鹦鹉热yīng wǔ rèpsittacosis; ornithosis; parrot fever
• 鹦鹉螺yīng wǔ luónautilus; ammonite (fossil spiral shell)
• 鹦鹉学舌yīng wǔ xué shéto parrot; to repeat uncritically what sb says

Words containing 鹦

• 彩虹鹦鹉cǎi hóng yīng wǔ(bird species of China) coconut lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)
• 情侣鹦鹉qíng lǚ yīng wǔlovebirds
• 折衷鹦鹉zhé zhōng yīng wǔEclectus roratus (red-green parrot of Papua-New Guinea)
• 灰头鹦鹉huī tóu yīng wǔ(bird species of China) grey-headed parakeet (Psittacula finschii)
• 短尾鹦鹉duǎn wěi yīng wǔ(bird species of China) vernal hanging parrot (Loriculus vernalis)
• 花头鹦鹉huā tóu yīng wǔ(bird species of China) blossom-headed parakeet (Psittacula roseata)
• 虎斑鹦鹉hǔ bān yīng wǔbudgerigar (genus Psittacella, several species); budgie
• 虎皮鹦鹉hǔ pí yīng wǔbudgerigar
• 金刚鹦鹉jīn gāng yīng wǔmacaw
• 长尾鹦鹉cháng wěi yīng wǔ(bird species of China) long-tailed parakeet (Psittacula longicauda)
• 青头鹦鹉qīng tóu yīng wǔ(bird species of China) slaty-headed parakeet (Psittacula himalayana)
• 凤头鹦鹉fèng tóu yīng wǔcockatoo (zoology)
• 大紫胸鹦鹉dà zǐ xiōng yīng wǔ(bird species of China) Lord Derby's parakeet (Psittacula derbiana)
• 澳洲小鹦鹉Ào zhōu xiǎo yīng wǔlorikeet
• 红领绿鹦鹉hóng lǐng lǜ yīng wǔ(bird species of China) rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
• 亚历山大鹦鹉Yà lì shān dà yīng wǔ(bird species of China) Alexandrine parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)
• 彩虹吸蜜鹦鹉cǎi hóng xī mì yīng wǔ(bird species of China) rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
• 蓝腰短尾鹦鹉lán yāo duǎn wěi yīng wǔ(bird species of China) blue-rumped parrot (Psittinus cyanurus)
• 啄羊鹦鹉zhuó yáng yīng wǔkea (Nestor notabilis)
• 绯胸鹦鹉fēi xiōng yīng wǔ(bird species of China) red-breasted parakeet (Psittacula alexandri)
• 鸮鹦鹉xiāo yīng wǔkakapo (Strigops habroptila); owl parrot
• 小葵花凤头鹦鹉xiǎo kuí huā fèng tóu yīng wǔ(bird species of China) yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea)

Characters built on 婴

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

• 樱yīngcherry
• 嘤yīngcalling of birds
• 缨yīngtassel; sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc); ribbon
• 瘿yǐnggoiter; knob on tree
• 璎yīngnecklace

Characters that look like 鹦

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

• 潮cháotide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy
• 懒lǎnlazy
• 戮lùto peel with a knife; old variant of 戮
• 鞍ān(bound form) saddle
• 獭tǎotter; Taiwan pr. tà
• 鹬yùcommon snipe; sandpiper

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
• 莺oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers
• 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
• 嘤calling of birds
• 璎necklace