鹦

鸚

yīng

noun

Meanings

1 (in 鹦鹉) parrot

Characters

鹦

yīng

(in 鹦鹉) parrot

Examples

这只鹦鹉会学人说话。

Zhè zhī yīngwǔ huì xué rén shuōhuà.

This parrot can imitate human speech.

鹦鹉学舌并不是真正的理解。

Yīngwǔ-xuéshé bìng búshì zhēnzhèng de lǐjiě.

Just repeating others word for word is not real understanding.

Tips

usage

A bound character: it appears only in 鹦鹉 (parrot). The set phrase 鹦鹉学舌 ('a parrot copying speech') means to mindlessly repeat what others say.

Components

radical

鸟 niǎo

bird

Right bird radical, the indexing component, marking 鹦 as a bird, here a parrot. Same family as 鹉 and 鸡.

phonetic

賏 yīng

string of shells (phonetic element)

Left element, a doubled shell graph, supplies the sound — yīng with no tone shift. It contributes no meaning here; the same phonetic appears in 婴 and 樱.

Stroke Order

鹦 yīng

鹦