DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

褐頭鷦鶯

简褐头鹪莺 · 繁褐頭鷦鶯

Mandarin · pinyin hè tóu jiāo yīng

(bird species of China) plain prinia (Prinia inornata)

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

褐: hè · coarse woolen cloth; dull, dark
頭: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
鷦: Look up this written character
鶯: Look up this written character
头: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
鹪: jiāo · wren
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

4–2–1–1 · he4 tou2 jiao1 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.

褐頭鷦鶯 · find source passages ↗ · 褐头鹪莺 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hot3 tau4 ziu1 ang1

Cantonese word readings for 褐頭鷦鶯. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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