鸚
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yīng · parrot

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Character anatomy

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Writing notes

Shape and proportion

28Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

Keep the left side compact and leave enough room for the right side.

鳥Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 鸚

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Example sentences

Notice where 鸚 sits in each complete thought.

Nà zhī yīng wǔ sǐ le.那隻鸚鵡死了。

The parrot is dead.

Source: Tatoeba #6045732 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ mén wèi yīng wǔ le má?你們喂鸚鵡了嗎?

Did you feed the parrots?

Source: Tatoeba #10543804 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yīng wǔ huì mó fǎng rén de shēng yīn.鸚鵡會模仿人的聲音。

A parrot can imitate the human voice.

Source: Tatoeba #796974 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā yǎng yì zhī yīng wǔ zuò wéi chǒng wù.她養一隻鸚鵡作為寵物。

She keeps a parrot as a pet.

Source: Tatoeba #891328 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yīng wǔ dǒngde mó fǎng rén lèi shuō huà.鸚鵡懂得模仿人類說話。

Parrots imitate human speech.

Source: Tatoeba #435238 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nà zhī yīng wǔ shì tuō bǐ yā sī yǔ tā yǐ gù fù qīn zhī jiàn wéiyī de lián jié.那隻鸚鵡是托比亞斯與他已故父親之間唯一的連結。

That parrot was Tobias's only connection with his late father.

Source: Tatoeba #13753107 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 鸚 in context

  1. Say yīng, then recall the core meaning: parrot.
  2. Write all 28 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 鸚 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.