鸟

Traditional (Taiwan): 鳥

On the HSK 2 vocabulary list, at CEFR level A1.

niǎo ㄋㄧㄠˇ

- bird
- "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196)
- to pay attention to
  dialect
- damned
  intensifier
- goddamn

Classifiers (measure words)

Usually

一只鸟 zhī one bird
一群鸟 qún one flock of birds

Less often

一双鸟 shuāng one pair of birds

diǎo ㄉㄧㄠˇ

- penis

How 鸟 is written

部首 radical: 鸟
笔画 strokes: 5
结构 structure: 独体字

鸟 as a 部首

鸟 is a 部首 (bùshǒu), a radical. A Chinese dictionary files every character under one of them, and this one files 100 under 鸟. Look a character up by the 鸟 radical

Easy to confuse with 鸟

Words with 鸟

Starting with 鸟

鸟类 niǎolèi birds
鸟瞰 niǎokàn bird's-eye view
鸟兽 niǎoshòu birds and beasts
鸟鸣 niǎomíng birdsong
鸟雀 niǎoquè bird

All 42 words starting with 鸟

Ending with 鸟

花鸟 huāniǎo painting of birds and flowers
小鸟 xiǎoniǎo small bird
飞鸟 fēiniǎo bird
候鸟 hòuniǎo migratory bird
鸵鸟 tuóniǎo ostrich

All 195 words ending with 鸟

Containing 鸟

作鸟兽散 zuòniǎoshòusàn flee helter-skelter
小鸟依人 xiǎoniǎoyīrén lit. like a little bird relying on people
笨鸟先飞 bènniǎoxiānfēi lit. the clumsy bird flies early
鸵鸟政策 tuóniǎozhèngcè ostrich policy
乌鸟私情 wūniǎosīqíng fig. filial piety

All 17 words containing 鸟

Example sentences and grammar articles using 鸟

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Sources

CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0
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HSK 考试大纲, 中外语言交流合作中心, no licence stated
Make Me a Hanzi, from fonts by Arphic Technology Co., Ltd., Arphic Public License

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