DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

歐夜鷹

简欧夜鹰 · 繁歐夜鷹

Mandarin · pinyin ōu yè yīng

(bird species of China) European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

歐: Look up this written character
夜: yè · night, dark; in night; by night
鷹: Look up this written character
欧: ōu · translit.: Europe; ohm; surname
鹰: yīng · falcon; Accipiter species (various)

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1–4–1 · ou1 ye4 ying1

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

3character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

歐夜鷹 · find source passages ↗ · 欧夜鹰 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

au1 je6 jing1

Cantonese word readings for 歐夜鷹. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack