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白頂玄鷗

简白顶玄鸥 · 繁白頂玄鷗

Mandarin · pinyin bái dǐng xuán ōu

(bird species of China) brown noddy (Anous stolidus)

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白: bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
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玄: xuán · deep, profound, abstruse; Kangxi radical 95
鷗: Look up this written character
顶: dǐng · top, summit, peak; to carry on the head
鸥: ōu · seagull, tern; Larus species (various)

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2–3–2–1 · bai2 ding3 xuan2 ou1

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baak6 deng2 jyun4 au1

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