鹟 (wēng): flycatcher (bird)

Measure Word

一只鹟 zhī

Meanings

1 flycatcher (bird)

Characters

鹟

wēng

flycatcher

Examples

鹟常常停在树枝上，一有飞虫经过就扑出去捕捉。

Wēng chángcháng tíng zài shùzhī shàng, yì yǒu fēichóng jīngguò jiù pū chūqù bǔzhuō.

Flycatchers often perch on a branch and dart out to catch passing flying insects.

北灰鹟是中国常见的鹟科小鸟。

Běihuīwēng shì Zhōngguó chángjiàn de wēng kē xiǎo niǎo.

The Asian brown flycatcher is a common small flycatcher in China.

Tips

usage

Character used almost exclusively in compound bird names: 鹟科 (Muscicapidae family), 寿带鸟 (paradise flycatcher), 北灰鹟 (Asian brown flycatcher). Small passerines that hawk flying insects from an exposed perch.

Stroke Order

鹟 wēng

Related Words

鹟科 wēngkē

Muscicapidae, the Old World flycatcher family of passerine birds

中国鸟 zhōngguóniǎo

Sinornis ("Chinese bird"), genus of Early Cretaceous fossil bird / literally "China bird"

小鸟 xiǎoniǎo #5,563

small bird / little bird / birdie

几维鸟 jǐwéiniǎo

kiwi (bird) / flightless New Zealand bird of the genus Apteryx

叫姑姑 jiàogūgu

(dialect / folk) colloquial name for a chirping insect or calling bird — most commonly a regional name for the katydid (螽斯 / 蝈蝈) or a small calling bird such as the skylark

鸟类栖息地 niǎolèiqīxīdì

bird habitat / bird sanctuary (as an area)

漂鸟 piāoniǎo

drifting bird / wandering / vagrant bird (irregular migrant)

频伽鸟 pínqiéniǎo

kalavinka (Buddhist mythical bird) / melodious-voiced bird of the Pure Land

犀牛鸟 xīniúniǎo

oxpecker (bird of the genus Buphagus) / rhinoceros bird

燕窝粥 yànwōzhōu

bird's nest congee / rice porridge with edible bird's nest