黄鹂

黃鸝
huánglí
noun #99,035

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 oriole
  2. 2 black-naped oriole

Examples

HSK 3
Shù shàng yǒu yì zhī huánglí zài chànggē.
An oriole is singing in the tree.
HSK 7-9
Chūntiān yí dào, liǔshù shàng jiù néng tīngdào huánglí qīngcuì de jiàoshēng.
As soon as spring comes, you can hear the clear song of orioles in the willows.

Tips

culture
The line 两个黄鹂鸣翠柳 ("two orioles sing in the green willows") from 杜甫's 《绝句》 made the oriole a stock bird of spring in Chinese poetry. 黄莺 names the same bird, and poems use the two freely.

Stroke Order

黄 huáng
鹂 lí