鸟 (鳥)
niǎo
Pinyin

Definition

鸟 (鳥)
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niǎo
  1. bird
  2. CL:隻|只[zhī],群[qún]
  3. (dialect) to pay attention to
  4. (intensifier) damned
  5. goddam
鸟 (鳥)
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diǎo
  1. variant of 屌[diǎo]
  2. penis

Character Decomposition

Compounds (20)

雕
diāo
  1. 1 bird of prey
鸫
dōng
  1. 1 thrush
  2. 2 Tardus fuscatus
鸣
míng
  1. 1 to cry (of birds, animals and insects)
  2. 2 to make a sound
  3. 3 to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
𬸦
zhuó
  1. 1 phoenix
  2. 2 river gull
䴘
tī
  1. 1 variant: 䴘 tī

Related Words (20)

一石二鸟
yī shí èr niǎo
  1. 1 to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
小鸟
xiǎo niǎo
  1. 1 penis (kiddie term)
鸟
diǎo
  1. 1 variant: 屌 diǎo
  2. 2 penis
鸟儿
niǎo r
  1. 1 bird
候鸟
hòu niǎo
  1. 1 migratory bird

Idioms (16)

一石二鸟
yī shí èr niǎo
  1. 1 to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
人为财死，鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng
  1. 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
作鸟兽散
zuò niǎo shòu sàn
  1. 1 lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to head off in various directions
  3. 3 to flee helter-skelter
如鸟兽散
rú niǎo shòu sàn
  1. 1 to scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
  2. 2 to flee in all directions
小鸟依人
xiǎo niǎo yī rén
  1. 1 lit. like a little bird relying on people (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. cute and helpless-looking

Sample Sentences

比如沙漠里的动物—狮子、鸟、蜥蜴、蜘蛛、青蛙等等—大多数都有微黄的“沙漠色”作为它们的保护色；深海生物则因为红光不易穿透到深海，所以这里的鱼大多是红色的；而雪地上的动物—比如北极熊、北极兔—则会披上一层白色，让它们能安稳地藏在雪白世界中。
bǐrú shāmò lǐ de dòngwù —shīzi 、niǎo 、xīyì 、zhīzhū 、qīngwā děngděng —dàduōshù dōu yǒu wēi huáng de “shāmò sè ”zuòwéi tāmen de bǎohùsè ；shēnhǎi shēngwù zé yīnwèi hóng guāng bùyì chuāntòu dào shēnhǎi ，suǒyǐ zhèlǐ de yú dàduō shì hóngsè de ；ér xuě dì shàng de dòngwù —bǐrú běijíxióng 、běijí tù —zé huì pī shàng yī céng báisè ，ràng tāmen néng ānwěn de cáng zài xuěbái shìjiè zhōng 。
For example, in the desert, lions, birds, lizards, spiders, frogs and so on all have a light yellow “desert color” as their camouflage. Creatures in the deep ocean are often red because light cannot be easily shunned through in the deep sea. Lastly, animals that live in the snow, such as Polar Bears and Arctic Rabbits, will have a coat of white so that they can hide peacefully in the snowfield.
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鸵鸟当然是鸟啊，它有翅膀，有喙，会下蛋，并且，你看，它的名字就叫鸵鸟”。
tuóniǎo dāngrán shì niǎo ā ，tā yǒu chìbǎng ，yǒu huì ，huì xiàdàn ，bìngqiě ，nǐ kàn ，tā de míngzi jiù jiào tuóniǎo ”。
Of course an ostrich is a bird, it has wings, it has a beak, it lays eggs, and, there's even the character for bird in its Chinese name.
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你认为鸵鸟算是鸟吗？
nǐ rènwéi tuóniǎo suàn shì niǎo ma ？
Do you think an ostrich counts as a bird?
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我是故意的，别生气，不过话说回来，你知道古典分类理论描述“鸟”的特征包括红色的胸羽、骨头很轻，还要会唱歌哦，你觉得你的"鸵鸟”有多像鸟呢？
wǒ shì gùyì de ，bié shēngqì ，bùguò huàshuōhuílai ，nǐ zhīdào gǔdiǎn fēnlèi lǐlùn miáoshù “niǎo ”de tèzhēng bāokuò hóngsè de xiōngyǔ 、gútou hěn qīng ，hái yào huì chànggē ò ，nǐ juéde nǐ de "tuóniǎo ”yǒu duō xiàng niǎo ne ？
I was being facetious, don't get angry. Speaking of that though, did you know that ancient taxonomic theory describes birds as having red breast feathers, lightweight bones and as having the ability to sing. How does your ostrich measure up to the bird standard?
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也不能说这些特征不对，但是听起来好像是针对某种鸟量身定做的，有很多鸟不全都符合这些特征，怎么办？
yě bù néng shuō zhèxiē tèzhēng bù duì ，dànshì tīng qǐlai hǎoxiàng shì zhēnduì mǒuzhǒng niǎo liángshēndìngzuò de ，yǒu hěn duō niǎo bù quándōu fúhé zhèxiē tèzhēng ，zěnme bàn ？
It's not that these features are incorrect, but it sounds like it's describing one bird in particular, as many birds don't fit this description, so how could it work?
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当然不是要全部符合才算是鸟类，符合越多种，就越像鸟，大概是这样，所以一般来说，鸵鸟不会用来当作鸟的典型例子吧。
dāngrán bùshì yào quánbù fúhé cái suàn shì niǎolèi ，fúhé yuè duō zhǒng ，jiù yuè xiàng niǎo ，dàgài shì zhèyàng ，suǒyǐ yībānláishuō ，tuóniǎo bùhuì yònglái dàngzuò niǎo de diǎnxíng lìzi ba 。
Of course they don't have to meet these conditions in order to count as a bird, it's just the more that you meet them, the more like a bird you are, that's more or less how it is. So normally ostriches wouldn't be taken as a classic example of a bird.
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岂敢岂敢，只是最近读认知语言学相关的文献，觉得很有趣罢了，就像你说的，古典分类理论描述的典型的鸟是以知更鸟为原型。
qǐgǎn qǐgǎn ，zhǐshì zuìjìn dú rènzhī xiāngguān de wénxiàn ，juéde hěn yǒuqù bàle ，jiù xiàng nǐshuōde ，gǔdiǎn fēnlèi lǐlùn miáoshù de diǎnxíng de niǎo shì yǐ zhīgèngniǎo wèi yuánxíng 。
I wouldn't dare, it's just that recently I've been reading some cognitive linguistics literature and I just thought it was interesting is all. Like you said, the model bird in classical taxonomic theory takes the robin as its prototype.
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为什么是知更鸟？为什么不是鸽子、杜鹃或麻雀？讲到鸟，我第一个想到的例子就是它们。
wèishénme shì zhīgèngniǎo ？wèishénme bùshì gēzi 、Dùjuān huò máquè ？jiǎngdào niǎo ，wǒ dì yī ge xiǎngdào de lìzi jiùshì tāmen 。
Why is it the robin? Why isn't it the pigeon, the cuckoo or the sparrow? When you mention birds, those are the first examples I think of.
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那我应该按照这个什么古典分类理论来做个中国版的“鸟”的定义。
nà wǒ yīnggāi ànzhào zhè ge shénme gǔdiǎn fēnlèi lǐlùn lái zuò gè Zhōngguó bǎn de “niǎo ”de dìngyì 。
So I should make a Chinese definition of a bird along the lines of this classic taxonomic theory.
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北冥有鱼，其名为鲲。鲲之大，不知其几千里也；化而为鸟，其名为鹏。鹏之背，不知其几千里也；怒而飞，其翼若垂天之云。是鸟也，海运则将徙于南冥。南冥者，天池也。
Běimíng yǒu yú ，qí míng wèi kūn 。kūn zhī dà ，bùzhī qí jǐ qiān lǐ yě ；huà ér wèi niǎo ，qí míng wèi péng 。péng zhī bèi ，bùzhī qí jǐ qiān lǐ yě ；nù ér fēi ，qí yì ruò chuítiān zhī yún 。shì niǎo yě ，hǎi yùn zé jiāng xǐ yú Nánmíng 。Nánmíng zhě ，tiānchí yě 。
In the Northern Ocean there is a fish, the name of which is Kun - I do not know how many li in size. It changes into a bird with the name of Peng, the back of which is (also) - I do not know how many li in extent. When this bird rouses itself and flies, its wings are like clouds all round the sky. When the sea is moved (so as to bear it along), it prepares to remove to the Southern Ocean. The Southern Ocean is the Pool of Heaven.
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