This bird is known as a cuckoo.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
布谷鸟
cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.)
02
same as 杜鹃鸟
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 布谷鸟 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 布谷鸟 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
People call this kind of bird a cuckoo.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 布谷鸟.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 布谷鸟.
Directly before
- 叫做布谷鸟1
- 称为布谷鸟1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 布谷鸟
What does 布谷鸟 mean in Chinese?
布谷鸟 (bùgǔniǎo) means cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.).
How do you pronounce 布谷鸟?
布谷鸟 is pronounced bùgǔniǎo.
Is 布谷鸟 an HSK word?
布谷鸟 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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