Chinese word dictionary

飞禽走兽

fēiqín-zǒushòu · (idiom) birds and animals

Practice word

Word information

Simplified飞禽走兽

Traditional飛禽走獸

Pinyinfēiqín-zǒushòu

Part of speechl

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

飞fēi

to fly, to dart; high

禽qín

birds, fowl; to capture; surname

走zǒu

to walk, to run, to flee

兽shòu

beast, animal; bestial

How to learn 飞禽走兽

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.

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飞机fēijī

airplane; CL:架[jia4]

飞fēi

to fly

走zǒu

to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form, meaning)

走路zǒulù

to walk; to go on foot; to leave; to depart; (informal) to clear off; to beat it; (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out

起飞qǐfēi

(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off; (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly

飞行fēixíng

(of planes etc) to fly; flying; flight; aviation