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鹦

鸚
yīng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 鹦鹉) parrot

Examples

HSK 4
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.
HSK 7-9
这只鹦鹉会学人说话。
Zhè zhī yīngwǔ huì xué rén shuōhuà.
This parrot can imitate human speech.

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