Hanzi
Traditional
鳥
Simplified
鸟

bird/CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]/"bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196)/(dialect) to pay attention to/(intensifier) damned/goddamn

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 2

Pinyin

niǎo, diǎo

Bopomofo

ㄋㄧㄠˇ, ㄉㄧㄠˇ

Jyutping

niu5

Example sentences

鳥 / 鸟 niǎo
樹上有一隻鳥在唱歌。
树上有一只鸟在唱歌。

There is a bird singing in the tree.

飛 / 飞 fēi
我看到一隻鳥正在天邊飛。
我看到一只鸟正在天边飞。

I see a bird flying on the horizon.

候鳥 / 候鸟 hòuniǎo
每年秋天，候鳥會飛越河口，前往南方。
每年秋天，候鸟会飞越河口，前往南方。

Every autumn, migratory birds fly over the river mouth and head south.

河口 hékǒu
河口附近的溼地吸引許多候鳥。
河口附近的湿地吸引许多候鸟。

The wetlands near the river mouth attract many migratory birds.

花鳥 / 花鸟 huāniǎo
他非常擅長畫傳統的花鳥畫。
他非常擅长画传统的花鸟画。

He is very good at drawing traditional flower-and-bird paintings.

栩栩如生 xǔxǔrúshēng
這幅畫裡的花鳥栩栩如生，就像真的一樣。
这幅画里的花鸟栩栩如生，就像真的一样。

The flowers and birds in this painting are lifelike, as if they were real.

Example Vocabulary

鳥

niao3

bird

鳥兒

一石二鳥

yi1'shi2'er4'niao3

候鳥

hou4'niao3

migratory bird

佈穀鳥

海鳥

花鳥

hua1'niao3

flowers and birds; flower-and-bird painting

九頭鳥

jiu3'tou2'niao3

出頭鳥

chu1'tou2'niao3

啄木鳥

zhuo2'mu4'niao3

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