Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 凤爪
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
phoenix; see 鳳凰縣|凤凰县[Feng4 huang2 Xian4]
凤毛麟角fèngmáo-línjiǎolit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom); fig. few and far between
爪子zhuǎzi(animal's) claw
凤眼fèng yǎnelegant, almond-shaped eyes with the inner canthus pointing down and the outer canthus up, like the eye of a phoenix
龙凤lóng fèngdragon and phoenix
凤梨fèng lípineapple