鹦鹉 (yīngwǔ): parrot

Measure Word

一只鹦鹉 zhī

Meanings

1 parrot

Characters

鹦

yīng

parrot (first syllable)

鹉

wǔ

parrot (second syllable)

Examples

这只鹦鹉会说话。

Zhè zhī yīngwǔ huì shuōhuà.

This parrot can talk.

他养了一只漂亮的鹦鹉。

Tā yǎng le yī zhī piàoliang de yīngwǔ.

He keeps a beautiful parrot.

鹦鹉学舌的人没有自己的想法。

Yīngwǔ xuéshé de rén méiyǒu zìjǐ de xiǎngfǎ.

People who parrot others have no ideas of their own.

Tips

usage

鹦鹉学舌 (yīngwǔ xuéshé) is a common idiom meaning 「to parrot someone」 — to repeat without understanding.

memory

Both characters share the 鸟 (bird) radical on the right, reminding you this is a type of bird.

Stroke Order

鹦 yīng

鹉 wǔ

Related Words

鹦鹉科 yīngwǔkē

Psittacidae (parrot family)

鹦鹉热 yīngwǔrè

psittacosis / ornithosis / parrot fever (an infectious disease transmitted from birds to humans)

芳草萋萋鹦鹉洲 fāngcǎo qīqī Yīngwǔ Zhōu

the fragrant grasses grow lush on Parrot Isle / (fig.) a poignant image of a river islet covered in vigorous grass — scenic but tinged with historical sadness / (lit.) fragrant — grass — lush-lush — parrot — isle

鹦哥娇 yīnggējiāo

the 'pretty parrot' style: calligraphy or writing that is charming but immature / the surface polish of a learner who can only parrot a few phrases

parrot, parakeet (colloquial) / variant of 鹦鹉

学舌 xuéshé #27,185

to parrot / to repeat what others say without understanding / to mimic speech

人云亦云 rényún-yìyún #45,983

to say what others say; to parrot the crowd / to follow the herd; to lack one's own opinion

应声虫 yìngshēngchóng #68,769

echo worm / yes-man / someone with no opinions of their own who just parrots others