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鸟

niǎo · niao/diǎo · diao

Traditional 鳥

HSK 2Old HSK 3Measure words: 只 zhī, 群 qún

Meaning

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niǎo 鳥

  1. bird
  2. "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196)
  3. (dialect) to pay attention to
  4. (intensifier) damned
  5. goddamn

diǎo 鳥

  1. variant of 屌 (diǎo)
  2. penis
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In a conversation

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A bird on the head

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)听(tīng)！那(nà)是(shì)什么(shénme)鸟(niǎo)在(zài)叫(jiào)？

    Listen! What bird is singing?

  2. Dengdeng

    不(bù)知道(zhīdào)，好像(hǎoxiàng)有(yǒu)两(liǎng)只(zhī)鸟(niǎo)。

    I don't know. It seems there are two birds.

  3. Liangliang

    大(dà)的(de)是(shì)黄色(huángsè)的(de)，小(xiǎo)的(de)是(shì)灰色(huīsè)的(de)。

    The big one is yellow and the small one is gray.

  4. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)！有(yǒu)只(zhī)鸟(niǎo)在(zài)你(nǐ)头上(tóushàng)！

    Look! A bird is on your head!

  5. Liangliang

    别(bié)动(dòng)！快(kuài)帮(bāng)我(wǒ)拍(pāi)张(zhāng)照片(zhàopiàn)！

    Don't move! Quickly take a photo for me!

  6. Dengdeng

    拍好(pāihǎo)了(le)！不过(bùguò)鸟(niǎo)已经(yǐjīng)飞走(fēizǒu)了(le)，照片(zhàopiàn)里(lǐ)只(zhǐ)有(yǒu)你(nǐ)。

    Got it! But the bird already flew away, so it is only you in the photo.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

被(bèi)闹(nào)钟(zhōng)唤(huàn)醒(xǐng)没(méi)有(yǒu)被(bèi)鸟(niǎo)唤(huàn)醒(xǐng)的(de)好(hǎo)。

It's much better to be woken by the birds than by an alarm.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

明(míng)尼(ní)苏(sū)达(dá)州(zhōu)的(de)官(guān)方(fāng)鸟(niǎo)就(jiù)是(shì)蚊(wén)子(zi)。

Minnesota's state bird is the mosquito.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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