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yīng

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yīng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yīng | ying1
English translation
eagle, falcon, hawk

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About yīng

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Number of strokes

18

Traditional form

yīng

Contains the radical

diǎo

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

bird

Etymology of yīng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿸⿸广倠鸟

Semantic compound

diǎo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. diǎo represents the meaning and yīng represents the sound. Simplified form of yīng .

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Example sentences using yīng

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回到 huí dào yīng háo zài 增压 zēng yā cāng 摘除 zhāi chú 宇航 yǔ háng mào .

He returned to Eagle and removed his helmet in the repressurized cabin.

bèi 诱捕 yòu bǔ dào de 雄鹰 xióng yīng 凶狠 xiōng hěn de dèng zhāo 捕获 bǔ huò de rén .

The trapped eagle glared at his captors.

发生 fāshēng 危险 wēixiǎn ,我们 wǒmen 秃鹰 tū yīng chī shá ne ?

What would our condors feed on if no one was in danger?

秃鹰 tū yīng zài 天空 tiānkōng 盘旋 pánxuán děng zhāo 啄食 zhuó shí 鹿 de 尸体 shītǐ .

Vultures flew around in the sky waiting to pick at the carcass of the deer.

yīng 猛地 měng de Cháo 兔子 tùzi xià lái , bìng 杀死 shā sǐ .

The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it.

Words with yīng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yīng eagle yīng
老鹰 lǎo yīng hawk老鷹
猫头鹰 māo tóu yīng owl貓頭鷹
猎鹰 liè yīng falcon獵鷹
雄鹰 xióng yīng male eagle雄鷹
秃鹰 tū yīng condor禿鷹
夜鹰 yè yīng nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae)夜鷹
鹰潭 Yīng tán Yingtan prefecture level city in Jiangxi鷹潭
飞鹰 fēi yīng eagle飛鷹
苍鹰 cāng yīng (bird species of China) northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)蒼鷹
鹰潭市 Yīng tán shì Yingtan prefecture level city in Jiangxi鷹潭市
鹰犬 yīng quǎn hawks and hounds鷹犬
鱼鹰 yú yīng cormorant魚鷹
兀鹰 wù yīng bald eagle兀鷹
鹰嘴豆 yīng zuǐ dòu garbanzo bean鷹嘴豆
雀鹰 què yīng (bird species of China) Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)雀鷹

yīng Decomposition & Compounds

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