鹦哥

鸚哥

yīnggē

noun #85,462

Measure Word

一只鹦哥 zhī

Meanings

1 parrot, parakeet
2 variant of 鹦鹉

Characters

elder brother (here: affectionate bird-name suffix)

Examples

HSK 3

这只鹦哥会说好几句话。

Zhè zhī yīnggē huì shuō hǎojǐ jù huà.

This parrot can say quite a few phrases.

HSK 7-9

笼子里养着一只绿色的鹦哥。

Lóngzi lǐ yǎng zhe yì zhī lǜsè de yīnggē.

A green parakeet is kept in the cage.

Tips

register

Colloquial / dialect variant of 鹦鹉 (yīngwǔ, parrot). 鹦哥 is common in pet-keeper speech and in compound names like 虎皮鹦哥 (budgerigar / "tiger-pattern parakeet"); 鹦鹉 is the default written form.

Stroke Order

鹦 yīng

哥 gē