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羽毛

yǔmáo

feather

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

feather

02

plumage

03

plume

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 羽毛 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 羽毛 appears in 7 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

乌鸫的羽毛是黑色的。wū dōng de yǔ máo shì hēi sè de。

The blackbirds' feathers are black.

我感觉像羽毛一样轻飘。wǒ gǎn jué xiàng yǔ máo yī yàng qīng piāo。

I felt light as a feather.

鸟儿身上铺满了白色的羽毛。niǎo ér shēn shàng pù mǎn le bái sè de yǔ máo。

The bird was covered with white feathers.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 羽毛.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 羽毛.

Directly before

  • 的羽毛2
  • 一根羽毛1
  • 像羽毛1
  • 白色羽毛1
  • 美丽羽毛1

Directly after

  • 羽毛一样1
  • 羽毛是1
  • 羽毛般1
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 羽毛

What does 羽毛 mean in Chinese?

羽毛 (yǔmáo) means feather.

How do you pronounce 羽毛?

羽毛 is pronounced yǔmáo.

Is 羽毛 an HSK word?

羽毛 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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