Definitions

used in 鸚鵡|鹦鹉[yīng wǔ]

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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About

The character "鹉" derives from its traditional form "鵡", a phono-semantic compound incorporating the phonetic component "武" to indicate pronunciation and the semantic radical "鸟" (which originated from "鳥") to signify its association with birds, and it has exclusively functioned within the disyllabic term "鹦鹉" to denote the parrot without ever acquiring independent meaning or undergoing semantic shift across its historical usage, even as its form was simplified through the reduction of the bird radical's stroke count.

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这只鹦会说话。

Zhè zhī yīngwǔ huì shuōhuà.

This parrot can talk.

我喜欢那只鹦

Wǒ xǐhuān nà zhī yīngwǔ.

I like that parrot.

彩色鹦真美丽。

Cǎisè yīngwǔ zhēn měilì.

The colorful parrot is really beautiful.

在树上唱歌。

Yīngwǔ zài shù shàng chànggē.

The parrot is singing on the tree.

我看到一只绿色鹦

Wǒ kàn dào yī zhī lǜsè yīngwǔ.

I saw a green parrot.

每天早上,鹦都会叫。

Měitiān zǎoshang, yīngwǔ dōu huì jiào.

Every morning, the parrot calls.

不仅会模仿人声,还能学习单词。

Yīngwǔ bùjǐn huì mófǎng rénshēng, hái néng xuéxí dāncí.

Parrots not only imitate human voices, but also learn words.

在热带雨林中,五彩斑斓的鹦自由地飞翔。

Zài rèdài yǔlín zhōng, wǔcǎi bānlán de yīngwǔ zìyóu de fēixiáng.

In the tropical rainforest, colorful parrots fly freely.