杜鹃

杜鵑

Dù Juān

proper noun #40,561

Meanings

1 Du Juan, leading Chinese fashion model and actress, the first Chinese cover star of Vogue Paris
2 cuckoo
3 azalea

About Du Juan

born 1982 · 演员 actor

Fashion model from Shanghai, trained in ballet, who was the first Chinese model on the cover of Vogue Paris; she also acted in the film 中国合伙人 (American Dreams in China).

Characters

杜

dù

surname Du; birchleaf pear

鹃

juān

cuckoo

Examples

HSK 4

每年春天，树林里都能听到杜鹃的叫声。

Měi nián chūntiān, shùlín lǐ dōu néng tīngdào dùjuān de jiàoshēng.

Every spring you can hear cuckoos calling in the woods.

HSK 4

四月，山上开满了杜鹃。

Sìyuè, shān shàng kāimǎn le dùjuān.

In April the hills are covered in azaleas.

HSK 6

杜鹃是国际知名的中国模特。

Dù Juān shì guójì zhīmíng de Zhōngguó mótè.

Du Juan is an internationally renowned Chinese model.

Tips

culture

As a common word, 杜鹃 is both the cuckoo and the azalea; the flower is also called 杜鹃花. In classical poetry the cuckoo's call is a sound of homesickness and grief, and legend says it cries until it weeps blood, which stains the azaleas red: 杜鹃啼血.

Stroke Order

杜 dù

鹃 juān

杜鹃