zhuī
隹
short-tailed bird (archaic)
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
short-tailed bird (as distinguished from long-tailed birds in ancient texts)
archaicIn classical Chinese, birds were classified as 隹 (short-tailed) versus 鳥 (long-tailed). Rarely used in modern spoken Chinese except in specific compound words.
Gǔ古
shū书
shàng上
bǎ把
duǎn短
wěi尾
ba巴
de的
niǎo鸟
chēng称
wéi为
zhuī隹
。
Ancient texts referred to short-tailed birds as 'zhui'.
Jiǎ甲
gǔ骨
wén文
zhōng中
de的
"
zhuī隹
"
zì字
xiàng像
yī一
zhī只
duǎn短
wěi尾
niǎo鸟
。
The character 'zhui' in oracle bone script resembles a short-tailed bird.
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Má麻
què雀
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
zhuī隹
niǎo鸟
。
The sparrow is a type of short-tailed bird.