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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wǔ | wu3
English translation
species of parrot

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

diǎo

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

bird

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

武鸟

Semantic compound

diǎo

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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鹦鹉 yīng wǔ de 手指 shǒuzhǐ ? hěn téng .

The parrot gave me a sharp peck on the finger.

鹦鹉 yīng wǔ 听后立刻 lìkè 急促 jí cù de jiào dào : 里亚尔!

And the parrot would say , with great rapidity ,'Pieces of eight!

一群绿鹦鹉 yīng wǔ Cóng 杉木林里疾速 jí sù 飞出 fēi chū

A flight of green parrots shot out of the cedar forest.

鹦鹉 yīng wǔ 尖声 jiào le jiào fēi zǒu 了。

The parrot squawked and flew away.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
鹦鹉 yīng wǔ parrot鸚鵡
parrot
鹦鹉螺 yīng wǔ luó nautilus鸚鵡螺
鹦鹉学舌 yīng wǔ xué shé to parrot鸚鵡學舌
鹦鹉热 yīng wǔ rè psittacosis鸚鵡熱

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