My canary was killed by a cat.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
金丝雀
canary
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
canary
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 金丝雀 actually appears in real sentences.
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No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 金丝雀.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 金丝雀.
Directly before
- 的金丝雀1
- 养金丝雀1
Directly after
- 金丝雀被1
- 金丝雀了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 金丝雀
What does 金丝雀 mean in Chinese?
金丝雀 (jīnsīquè) means canary.
How do you pronounce 金丝雀?
金丝雀 is pronounced jīnsīquè.
Is 金丝雀 an HSK word?
金丝雀 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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