鸵 (鴕)
tuó
Pinyin

Definition

鸵 (鴕)
 - 
tuó
  1. ostrich

Character Decomposition

Related Words (1)

鸵鸟
tuó niǎo
  1. 1 ostrich

Sample Sentences

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.
Go to Lesson 
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?
Go to Lesson 
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?
Go to Lesson 
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.
Go to Lesson