关 關 guān mountain pass / to close / to shut / to turn off / to confine / to lock (sb) up / to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern / to involve syn 鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple / happily married couple syn 拍打 pāi da to pat / to slap / (of a bird) to flap (one's wings) syn 喜鹊 喜鵲 xǐ què (bird species of China) Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) syn 吃食 chī shí to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed 鸟雀 鳥雀 niǎo què bird syn 黄雀 黃雀 huáng què (bird species of China) Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) 樊笼 樊籠 fán lóng bird cage / (fig.) prison / confinement syn 鸟 鳥 niǎo bird / CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2] / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn syn 灰 huī ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged / dejected syn 爪 zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc syn 鹛 鶥 méi babbler (bird) 翙 翽 huì noise of bird's wings 禽流感 qín liú gǎn bird flu / avian influenza 打下 dǎ xià to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc) syn 小鸟 小鳥 xiǎo niǎo small bird / young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) / (fig.) penis (kiddie term) / (golf) birdie syn 飞鸟 飛鳥 fēi niǎo bird 鸟儿 鳥兒 niǎo r bird syn 竖起 豎起 shù qǐ to erect (a tent etc) / to prick up (one's ears) / to raise (one's eyebrows) / to stick up (one's thumb) / to turn up (one's collar) / (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers) syn 百灵 百靈 bǎi líng lark (bird of family Alaudidae) 栖息 棲息 qī xī (of a bird) to perch / (of creatures in general) to inhabit / to dwell syn 落网 落網 luò wǎng (of a bird, fish etc) to be caught in a net / (of a tennis ball) to hit the net / (of a criminal) to be captured syn 老鹰 老鷹 lǎo yīng (coll.) eagle / hawk / any similar bird of prey syn 网罗 網羅 wǎng luó net for fishing or bird catching / (fig.) fetters / to snare (a valuable new team member etc) / to bring together under the one umbrella syn 候鸟 候鳥 hòu niǎo migratory bird 大鹏 大鵬 dà péng legendary giant bird 石灰 shí huī lime (calcium oxide) syn 龙骨 龍骨 lóng gǔ "dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM) / breastbone (of a bird) / keel (of a ship) syn 禽类 禽類 qín lèi bird species / birds 燕窝 燕窩 yàn wō edible bird's nest 白鹤 白鶴 bái hè (bird species of China) Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) syn 人禽流感 rén qín liú gǎn human avian influenza / human bird flu 合拢 合攏 hé lǒng to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings) syn 八哥 bā gē (bird species of China) crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus) syn 白鹭 白鷺 bái lù (bird species of China) little egret (Egretta garzetta) syn 画眉 畫眉 huà méi to apply makeup to the eyebrows / (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus) syn 鸿雁 鴻雁 hóng yàn (bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides) syn 捷足先登 jié zú xiān dēng the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) / the early bird catches the worm / first come, first served syn 苍鹰 蒼鷹 cāng yīng (bird species of China) Eurasian goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) syn 鸟瞰 鳥瞰 niǎo kàn to get a bird's-eye view / bird's-eye view / broad overview syn 禽蛋 qín dàn bird eggs 鸟巢 鳥巢 niǎo cháo bird's nest / nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium syn 猛禽 měng qín bird of prey syn 莱姆 萊姆 lái mǔ lime (loanword) 四象 sì xiàng four divisions (of the twenty-eight constellations 二十八宿[er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4] of the sky into groups of seven mansions), namely: Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙[Qing1 long2], White Tiger 白虎[Bai2 hu3], Vermilion Bird 朱雀[Zhu1 que4], Black Tortoise 玄武[Xuan2 wu3] 网开一面 網開一面 wǎng kāi yī miàn open the net on one side (idiom) / let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment syn 九头鸟 九頭鳥 jiǔ tóu niǎo legendary bird with nine heads (old) / cunning or sly person 云雀 雲雀 yún què (bird species of China) Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis) 丹顶鹤 丹頂鶴 dān dǐng hè (bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) syn 罗网 羅網 luó wǎng net / fishing net / bird net syn 鲲鹏 鯤鵬 kūn péng kun 鯤|鲲[kun1] and peng 鵬|鹏[Peng2], mythological beasts / peng, a gigantic bird transformed from the kun syn 鸟窝 鳥窩 niǎo wō bird's nest syn 夜鹰 夜鷹 yè yīng nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae) 精卫 精衛 jīng wèi mythological bird, reincarnation of drowned daughter Nüwa 女娃[Nu:3 wa2] of Fiery Emperor 炎帝[Yan2 di4] 秃鹫 禿鷲 tū jiù vulture / (bird species of China) cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) syn 啄食 zhuó shí (of a bird) to peck at food 寒鸦 寒鴉 hán yā (bird species of China) western jackdaw / Eurasian jackdaw (Coloeus monedula) syn 雀鸟 雀鳥 què niǎo bird 啁啾 zhōu jiū (bird) twitter / chirp 燕雀 yàn què (bird species of China) brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) / (fig.) small fry 雏儿 雛兒 chú ér newly hatched bird / fig. inexperienced person / fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) / bimbo syn 笨鸟先飞 笨鳥先飛 bèn niǎo xiān fēi lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom) / fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities syn 鸟瞰图 鳥瞰圖 niǎo kàn tú bird's-eye view / see also 俯瞰圖|俯瞰图[fu3 kan4 tu2] 鸟粪 鳥糞 niǎo fèn guano / bird excrement 鹩哥 鷯哥 liáo gē (bird species of China) common hill myna (Gracula religiosa) 精卫填海 精衛填海 jīng wèi tián hǎi lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom) / futile ambition / task of Sisyphus / determination in the face of impossible odds syn 苍鹭 蒼鷺 cāng lù (bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea) 雉鸡 雉雞 zhì jī (bird species of China) common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 泥灰 ní huī lime plaster (construction) 白鹳 白鸛 bái guàn (bird species of China) white stork (Ciconia ciconia) 大天鹅 大天鵝 dà tiān é (bird species of China) whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) syn 益鸟 益鳥 yì niǎo beneficial bird (esp. one that preys on insect pests or mice) 羽冠 yǔ guān feathered crest (of bird) 血凝素 xuè níng sù hemaglutinin (the H of virus such as bird flu H5N1) 雕 鵰 diāo bird of prey syn 鹏 鵬 péng Peng, large fabulous bird / roc syn 翅 chì (bound form) wing (of a bird or insect) syn 翁 wēng elderly man / father / father-in-law / neck feathers of a bird (old) syn 雀 qiǎo bird syn 雀 què (bound form) small bird / sparrow / also pr. [qiao3] syn 爪 zhǎo foot of a bird or animal / paw / claws / talons syn 咕 gū (onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc 牡 mǔ (of a bird, animal or plant) male / key / hills syn 雏 雛 chú (bound form) chick / young bird syn 颉 頡 xié (of a bird) to fly upwards / (of the neck) stiff syn 鸾 鸞 luán mythical bird related to phoenix syn 鹗 鶚 è (bird species of China) osprey (Pandion haliaetus) syn 鹘 鶻 hú falcon / migratory bird syn 颏 頦 ké (used in bird names) throat syn 牝 pìn (of a bird, animal or plant) female / keyhole / valley syn 鸩 鴆 zhèn legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison / poisonous / to poison sb syn 鸷 鷙 zhì fierce / brutal / bird of prey 嗉 膆 sù the crop of a bird 鲲 鯤 kūn fry (newly hatched fish) / legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鵬|鹏[Peng2] 鸫 鶇 dōng thrush (bird of genus Turdus) 隹 zhuī short-tailed bird 鸲 鴝 qú (bound form, used in the names of various kinds of bird, esp. robins and redstarts) 鹣 鶼 jiān mythical bird with one eye and one wing / see also 鰈鶼|鲽鹣[die2 jian1] 鴥 yù (of a bird) to fly swiftly / to swoop 