jiān
niǎo

technical
common

Meaning of 鲣鸟

鲣鸟 means booby; gannet; tropical seabird of the family Sulidae. Pronounced jiān niǎo.

  • booby; gannet; tropical seabird of the family Sulidae

Definitions & Examples

men
zài
jiā
qún
dǎo
kàn
dào
le
zhù
míng
de
lán
jiǎo
jiān
niǎo
 

We saw the famous blue-footed boobies in the Galapagos Islands.

Jiān
niǎo
xiàng
jiàn
yàng
cóng
kōng
zhōng
chōng
shuǐ
zhuō
lèi
 

The booby plunged into the water like an arrow to catch fish.

Hóng
jiǎo
jiān
niǎo
tōng
cháng
zài
dài
hǎi
dǎo
de
xuán
shàng
zhù
cháo
 

Red-footed boobies usually build their nests on cliffs of tropical islands.

Measure Words

/ zhī
Primary
/ qún
/ zhǒng