灰頭藪鶥

简 灰头薮鹛 · 繁 灰頭藪鶥
Mandarin · pinyin huī tóu sǒu méi

Meanings

  1. (bird species of China) red-faced liocichla (Liocichla phoenicea)
Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

灰
huī · ashes; dust; lime, mortar
頭
tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
藪
Look up this written character
鶥
Look up this written character
头
tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
薮
sǒu · marsh, swamp; wild country
鹛
méi · babbler, Timaliidae species (various); thrush
Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1–2–3–2 · hui1 tou2 sou3 mei2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

5character 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.

灰頭藪鶥 · find source passages ↗ · 灰头薮鹛 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fui1 tau4 sau2 mei4

Cantonese word readings for 灰頭藪鶥. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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

灰頭藪鶥 · hui1 tou2 sou3 mei2
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source line 69,230
Original dictionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source & transformation details
Exact source record灰頭藪鶥 灰头薮鹛 [hui1 tou2 sou3 mei2] /(bird species of China) red-faced liocichla (Liocichla phoenicea)/