DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

褐翅鴉雀

简褐翅鸦雀 · 繁褐翅鴉雀

Mandarin · pinyin hè chì yā què

(bird species of China) brown-winged parrotbill (Suthora brunnea)

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

褐: hè · coarse woolen cloth; dull, dark
翅: chì · wings; fin
鴉: Look up this written character
雀: què · sparrow
鸦: yā · crow; Corvus species (various)

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

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–4–1–4 · he4 chi4 ya1 que4

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.

褐翅鴉雀 · find source passages ↗ · 褐翅鸦雀 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗