北椋鸟
běi liáng niǎo · (bird species of China) Daurian starling; purple-backed starling (Agropsar sturninus)
Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 北椋鸟
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.
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Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
bird; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn
北běinorth; (classical) to be defeated
北方běifāngnorth; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River
东北dōngběiNortheast China; Manchuria; northeast
西北xīběiNorthwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang); northwest
北部běibùnorthern part