琵嘴鸭
pí zuǐ yā · (bird species of China) northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 琵嘴鸭
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.
mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc); CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
鸭子yāziduck; male prostitute (slang)
嘴巴zuǐbamouth (CL:張|张[zhang1]); slap in the face (CL:個|个[ge4])
插嘴chāzuǐto interrupt (sb talking); to butt in; to cut into a conversation
咧嘴liězuǐto grin
七嘴八舌qīzuǐ-bāshélively discussion with everybody talking at once