鸟 niǎo
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 鸟 — bird
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
鸟巢
niǎocháo
bird’s nest
Characters in this word
巢 cháo
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 巛 — stream, river
- Made of
- 巛 stream, river 果 fruit, nut
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 施工方特意保留了树上的鸟巢，以免破坏候鸟的繁殖环境。 Shīgōngfāng tèyì bǎoliú le shù shàng de niǎocháo, yǐmiǎn pòhuài hòuniǎo de fánzhí huánjìng. The construction team deliberately kept the bird's nest in the tree so as not to damage the migratory birds' breeding environment.
- 屋檐下的鸟巢里住着一窝小燕子。 Wūyán xià de niǎocháo lǐ zhù zhe yì wō xiǎo yànzi. A brood of little swallows lives in the nest under the eaves.
- 风太大了，鸟巢从树上掉了下来。 Fēng tài dà le, niǎocháo cóng shù shàng diào le xiàlái. The wind was so strong that the nest fell from the tree.
Related words
- 鸟 niǎo bird
- 巢穴 cháoxué nest; lair; den
- 礁石 jiāoshí reef; rock in the sea
- 鲸 jīng whale
- 泥潭 nítán quagmire; mire
- 热带 rèdài the tropics; tropical zone
- 涝 lào waterlogged; flooded
- 盆地 péndì basin
- 漫 màn to overflow; to spread; to cover
- 流域 liúyù river basin; drainage area
- 茫茫 mángmáng boundless; vast and indistinct
- 上游 shàngyóu upstream; upper reaches; upstream sector