wǔ
鹉
parrot
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
used in the word 鹦鹉 (parrot)
This character is a bound morpheme and is not used independently. It almost exclusively appears in the compound word 鹦鹉 (yīng wǔ), meaning 'parrot'.
Zhè这
zhī只
yīng鹦
wǔ鹉
huì会
shuō说
huà话
。
This parrot can talk.
Wǒ我
jiā家
yǎng养
le了
yī一
zhī只
wǔ五
cǎi彩
de的
yīng鹦
wǔ鹉
。
My family keeps a colorful parrot.
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Tā他
zhǐ只
huì会
yīng鹦
wǔ鹉
xué学
shé舌
，
méi没
yǒu有
zì自
jǐ己
de的
jiàn见
jiě解
。
He just parrots others' words without any original insights of his own.