DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

草綠籬鶯

简草绿篱莺 · 繁草綠籬鶯

Mandarin · pinyin cǎo lǜ lí yīng

(bird species of China) eastern olivaceous warbler (Iduna pallida)

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

草: cǎo · grass, straw, thatch, herbs
綠: lǜ · green; chlorine
籬: Look up this written character
鶯: Look up this written character
绿: lǜ · green; chlorine
篱: lí · bamboo or wooden fence; hedge
莺: yīng · oriole, green finch; Sylvia species (various)

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

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

3–4–2–1 · cao3 lu:4 li2 ying1

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.

草綠籬鶯 · find source passages ↗ · 草绿篱莺 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗