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鹬

yù

Character Traditional 鷸

What 鹬 means

1. common snipe
2. sandpiper

Example sentences

• 斑尾塍鹬从阿拉斯加迁徙至纽西兰。
  The bar-tailed godwit migrates from Alaska to New Zealand.

Words starting with 鹬

• 鹬鸵yù tuókiwi (bird)
• 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利yù bàng xiāng zhēng , yú wēng dé lìlit. when the snipe and the clam grapple with each other, the fisherman catches them both…
• 鹬蚌相争yù bàng xiāng zhēngabbr. for 鷸蚌相爭，鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利

Words containing 鹬

• 丘鹬qiū yù(bird species of China) Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
• 姬鹬jī yù(bird species of China) jack snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
• 彩鹬cǎi yù(bird species of China) greater painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)
• 林鹬lín yù(bird species of China) wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
• 漂鹬piāo yù(bird species of China) wandering tattler (Tringa incana)
• 泽鹬zé yù(bird species of China) marsh sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
• 矶鹬jī yù(bird species of China) common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
• 蛎鹬lì yù(bird species of China) Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
• 鹤鹬hè yù(bird species of China) spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus)
• 勺嘴鹬sháo zuǐ yù(bird species of China) spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea)
• 反嘴鹬fǎn zuǐ yù(bird species of China) pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
• 大滨鹬dà bīn yù(bird species of China) great knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
• 姬滨鹬jī bīn yù(bird species of China) least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
• 小滨鹬xiǎo bīn yù(bird species of China) little stint (Calidris minuta)
• 岩滨鹬yán bīn yù(bird species of China) rock sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis)
• 流苏鹬liú sū yù(bird species of China) ruff (Calidris pugnax)
• 红脚鹬hóng jiǎo yù(bird species of China) common redshank (Tringa totanus)
• 翘嘴鹬qiáo zuǐ yù(bird species of China) Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
• 翻石鹬fān shí yù(bird species of China) ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
• 长嘴鹬cháng zuǐ yù(bird species of China) long-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
• 阔嘴鹬kuò zuǐ yù(bird species of China) broad-billed sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus)
• 青脚鹬qīng jiǎo yù(bird species of China) common greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
• 饰胸鹬shì xiōng yù(bird species of China) buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis)
• 高跷鹬gāo qiāo yù(bird species of China) stilt sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)

Characters that look like 鹬

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

• 翻fānto turn over; to flip over; to overturn
• 糕gāocake
• 豁huōopening; stake all; sacrifice
• 黏niánsticky; glutinous; (Taiwan) to adhere; to stick on; to glue
• 鹦yīng(bound form) parrot
• 鲲kūnfry (newly hatched fish); legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鹏

Sounds the same

Read yù, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 遇(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat…
• 预to advance; in advance; beforehand
• 域field; region; area
• 寓(bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling…
• 欲desire; appetite; passion
• 玉jade
• 豫happy; carefree; at one's ease
• 浴bath; to bathe
• 吁to implore
• 狱prison
• 誉to praise; to acclaim; reputation