The heron is a wading bird.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
苍鹭
(bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
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(bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 苍鹭 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 苍鹭 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Is that a stork or a heron?
Lots of herons live in the marsh.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 苍鹭.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 苍鹭.
Directly before
- 一只苍鹭1
- 许多苍鹭1
Directly after
- 苍鹭在1
- 苍鹭是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 苍鹭
What does 苍鹭 mean in Chinese?
苍鹭 (cānglù) means (bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea).
How do you pronounce 苍鹭?
苍鹭 is pronounced cānglù.
Is 苍鹭 an HSK word?
苍鹭 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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