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灰脅噪鶥

简灰胁噪鹛 · 繁灰脅噪鶥

Mandarin · pinyin huī xié zào méi

(bird species of China) grey-sided laughingthrush (Pterorhinus caerulatus)

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灰: huī · ashes; dust; lime, mortar
脅: Look up this written character
噪: zào · be noisy; chirp loudly
鶥: Look up this written character
胁: xié · ribs, armpits; flank; threaten
鹛: méi · babbler, Timaliidae species (various); thrush

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1–2–4–2 · hui1 xie2 zao4 mei2

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fui1 hip3 cou3 mei4

Cantonese word readings for 灰脅噪鶥. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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