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鵯

简鹎 · 繁鵯

Mandarin · pinyin bēi

the Pycnonotidae or bulbul family of birds

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鹎: bēi · bird

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1 · bei1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bei1 · pat1

Cantonese word readings for 鵯. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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used in 鵯鶋／鹎𱊌 and 鵯鵊／鹎𫛥, etc.
(zoology) bulbul

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