DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

西南栗耳鳳鶥

简西南栗耳凤鹛 · 繁西南栗耳鳳鶥

Mandarin · pinyin xī nán lì ěr fèng méi

(bird species of China) striated yuhina (Yuhina castaniceps)

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
南: nán · south; southern part; southward
栗: lì · chestnut tree, chestnuts; surname
耳: ěr · ear; merely, only; handle; Kangxi radical 128
鳳: Look up this written character
鶥: Look up this written character
凤: fèng · male phoenix; symbol of joy
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

1–2–4–3–4–2 · xi1 nan2 li4 er3 feng4 mei2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

6character 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.

西南栗耳鳳鶥 · find source passages ↗ · 西南栗耳凤鹛 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sai1 naam4 leot6 ji5 fung6 mei4

Cantonese word readings for 西南栗耳鳳鶥. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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