禽
qín
Pinyin

Definition

禽
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qín
  1. generic term for birds and animals
  2. birds
  3. to capture (old)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (3)

擒
qín
  1. 1 to capture
噙
qín
  1. 1 to hold in (usually refers the mouth or eyes)
檎
qín
  1. 1 (fruit)

Related Words (12)

禽兽
qín shòu
  1. 1 birds and animals
  2. 2 creature
  3. 3 beast (brutal person)
家禽
jiā qín
  1. 1 poultry
  2. 2 domestic fowl
禽
qín
  1. 1 generic term for birds and animals
  2. 2 birds
  3. 3 to capture (old)
禽流感
qín liú gǎn
  1. 1 bird flu
  2. 2 avian influenza
禽类
qín lèi
  1. 1 bird species
  2. 2 birds

Idioms (1)

衣冠禽兽
yī guān qín shòu
  1. 1 lit. dressed up animal (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. immoral and despicable person

Sample Sentences

没错，川菜已经很普及了，现在全国人民都能吃点辣了。很多家乡菜都是用当地特有的食材做的，沿海的地方家乡菜就以水产海鲜为主，靠山的地方就以家禽野味为主。
méicuò ，Chuāncài yǐjīng hěn pǔjí le ，xiànzài quánguó rénmín dōu néng chī diǎnr là le 。hěn duō jiāxiāng cài dōu shì yòng dāngdì tèyǒu de shícái zuò de ，yánhǎi de dìfang jiāxiāng cài jiù yǐ shuǐchǎn hǎixiān wéizhǔ ，kào shān de dìfang jiù yǐ jiāqín yěwèi wéizhǔ 。
Yes, Sichuanese food is already very common. Now people everywhere in China can eat a little bit of spice. Many local dishes use ingredients particular to the area. Places near the coast use seafood as their main ingredients, while places near the hills use poultry and game as their main ingredients.
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不去，最近禽流感，我不想去人多的地方。
bù qù ，zuìjìn qínliúgǎn ，wǒ bù xiǎng qù rén duō de dìfang 。
I'm not going. With all the flu outbreaks right now, I don't want to go to places with lots of people.
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您觉得，如果一个所谓的新好男人，最后被人发现原来是衣冠禽兽的时候，人们会怎么想？
nín juéde ，rúguǒ yī ge suǒwèi de xīnhǎo nánrén ，zuìhòu bèi rén fāxiàn yuánlái shì yīguānqínshòu de shíhou ，rénmen huì zěnme xiǎng ？
Do you think that if a so-called, ‘new good man’, is, in the end, discovered to be a 'beast in human clothing' all along, how would people feel?
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你这样做，说白了就是想绕过广东的海关口岸，把鸡翅走私进内地呗！别怪哥们儿没提醒你，现在平均一个月有好几十起查缴非法走私禽肉的案子。上回一个人把鸡翅用铁板封在集装箱夹层里，也没逃过边防警犬的鼻子。
nǐ zhèyàng zuò ，shuō bái le jiùshì xiǎng rǎoguò Guǎngdōng de hǎiguān kǒuàn ，bǎ jīchì zǒusī jìn nèidì bēi ！bié guài gēmenr méi tíxǐng nǐ ，xiànzài píngjūn yī ge yuè yǒu hǎojǐshí qǐ chájiǎo fēifǎ zǒusī qínròu de ànzi 。shànghuí yī ge rén bǎ jīchì yòng tiěbǎn fēng zài jízhuāngxiāng jiācéng lǐ ，yě méi táoguò biānfáng jǐngquǎn de bízi 。
Frankly, the way you're doing it, you really just want to get around Guangdong customs, and smuggle the chicken wings into the mainland! Can't blame your buddies for not reminding you, but lately, every month there's an average of a few dozen cases of people getting caught for smuggling poultry products. There was just a guy who tried to smuggle chicken wings in a false bottom in a shipping container. In the end, he couldn't get past the border police dogs' noses!
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这不是蚂蚁搬家嘛，多累人！而且中国已经明令禁止从疫区国家进口禽类食品了。真搞不懂你为什么一定要蹭这碗粥。
zhè bù shì mǎyǐ bānjiā ma ，duō lèi rén ！érqiě Zhōngguó yǐjīng mínglìng jìnzhǐ cóng yìqū guójiā jìnkǒu qínlèi shípǐn le 。zhēn gǎobudǒng nǐ wèishénme yīdìng yào cèng zhè wǎn zhōu 。
Isn't that like an ant moving house? It's so tiring! And China has already clearly forbidden importing poultry products from diseased areas. I just don't understand why you are so bent on getting a piece of this action.
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哦，鸡翅啊，不过现在正值禽流感高发期，你还敢进口禽类食品，你别到时候吃不了兜着走啊！
ò ，jīchì a ，bùguò xiànzài zhèngzhí qínliúgǎn gāofāqī ，nǐ hái gǎn jìnkǒu qínlèi shípǐn ，nǐ bié dào shíhou chībuliǎo dōuzhezǒu a ！
Oh, chicken wings... But it's the peak season for bird flu. Do you still dare to import poultry products? When the time comes, you don't want to lose your shirt!
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