DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

灰瓣蹼鷸

简灰瓣蹼鹬 · 繁灰瓣蹼鷸

Mandarin · pinyin huī bàn pǔ yù

(bird species of China) red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

灰: huī · ashes; dust; lime, mortar
瓣: bàn · petal; segment; valves
蹼: pǔ · webbed feet of waterfowl
鷸: Look up this written character
鹬: yù · snipe, kingfisher

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

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1–4–3–4 · hui1 ban4 pu3 yu4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character 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.

灰瓣蹼鷸 · find source passages ↗ · 灰瓣蹼鹬 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗