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鹰

yīng

HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character Traditional 鷹

鹰 (yīng) means "eagle; falcon; hawk". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 鹰 means

1. general term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)

Example sentences

• 鹰嘴豆泥
  Hummus?
• 这不是一只鹰。
  This isn't an eagle.
• 你想吃鹰嘴豆吗？
  Nǐ xiǎng chī yīngzuǐdòu ma?
  Do you want to eat garbanzo beans?
• 鹰的一只翅膀断了。
  Yīng de yī zhī chìbǎng duàn le.
  One of the hawk's wings is broken.
• 老鹰不会去抓苍蝇。
  Lǎoyīng bù huì qù zhuā cāngying.
  The eagle does not catch flies.
• 这只鹰抓到一只老鼠。
  The hawk caught a mouse.

Words starting with 鹰

• 鹰架yīng jiàscaffolding
• 鹰派yīng pàihawk faction (opposite: 鸽派; fierce and combative party; war party
• 鹰雕yīng diāo(bird species of China) mountain hawk-eagle; Hodgson's hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis)
• 鹰嘴豆yīng zuǐ dòuchickpea (Cicer arietinum); garbanzo bean
• 鹰星云Yīng Xīng yúnEagle or Star Queen Nebula M16
• 鹰头狮yīng tóu shīgriffin
• 鹰嘴豆泥yīng zuǐ dòu níhummus
• 鹰击长空yīng jī cháng kōngthe eagle soars in the sky (citation from Mao Zedong)
• 鹰状星云Yīng zhuàng Xīng yúnEagle or Star Queen Nebula M16
• 鹰钩鼻yīng gōu bíaquiline nose; Roman nose
• 鹰手营子矿区Yīng shǒu yíng zi Kuàng qūYingshouyingzi Mining District, a district of Chengde City 承德市
• 鹰犬yīng quǎnhawks and hounds; (fig.) running dogs; hired thugs
• 鹰爪翻子拳yīng zhuǎ fān zi quánYing Zhua Fan Zi Quan - "Eagle Claw" - Martial Art
• 鹰潭市Yīng tán ShìYingtan, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省
• 鹰鹃yīng juān(bird species of China) large hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx sparverioides)
• 鹰鸮yīng xiāo(bird species of China) brown boobook; brown hawk-owl (Ninox scutulata)
• 鹰手营子Yīng shǒu yíng zisee 鹰手营子矿区
• 鹰潭Yīng tánsee 鹰潭市

Words containing 鹰

• 老鹰lǎo yīng(colloquial) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey
• 猫头鹰māo tóu yīngowl
• 雄鹰xióng yīngmale eagle; tercel
• 飞鹰fēi yīngeagle
• 秃鹰tū yīngvulture; condor
• 夜鹰yè yīngnightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae)
• 猎鹰liè yīngfalcon
• 鱼鹰yú yīngname used for many fishing birds; cormorant; osprey
• 黑鹰Hēi YīngBlack Hawk (helicoper)
• 天鹰座Tiān yīng zuòAquila (constellation)
• 小鹰号Xiǎo yīng HàoKitty Hawk (US aircraft carrier)
• 林夜鹰lín yè yīng(bird species of China) savanna nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis)
• 欧夜鹰ōu yè yīng(bird species of China) European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
• 白头鹰bái tóu yīngbald eagle
• 赤腹鹰chì fù yīng(bird species of China) Chinese sparrowhawk (Accipiter soloensis)
• 凤头鹰fèng tóu yīng(bird species of China) crested goshawk (Accipiter trivirgatus)
• 中亚夜鹰Zhōng yà yè yīng(bird species of China) Vaurie's nightjar (Caprimulgus centralasicus)
• 埃及夜鹰Āi jí yè yīng(bird species of China) Egyptian nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius)
• 普通夜鹰pǔ tōng yè yīng(bird species of China) grey nightjar (Caprimulgus jotaka)
• 毛腿夜鹰máo tuǐ yè yīng(bird species of China) great eared nightjar (Lyncornis macrotis)
• 老鹰星云Lǎo yīng Xīng yúnEagle Nebula, aka Star Queen Nebula, M16
• 长尾夜鹰cháng wěi yè yīng(bird species of China) large-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)
• 飞鹰走马fēi yīng zǒu mǎto ride out hawking (idiom); to hunt
• 凤头蜂鹰fèng tóu fēng yīng(bird species of China) crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)

Characters that look like 鹰

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

• 覆fùto cover; to overflow; to overturn
• 靡míto waste (money)
• 朦méngused in 朦胧
• 膺yīngbreast; receive
• 麋mímoose; river bank
• 糜mírice gruel; rotten; to waste (money)

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
• 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
• 鹦(bound form) parrot
• 嘤calling of birds
• 璎necklace

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