The sparrow is singing in the trees.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
麻雀
sparrow
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
sparrow
02
(dialect) mahjong
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 麻雀 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 麻雀 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I aimed at a sparrow, but shot down a goose.
Tom knows how to play mahjong, I think.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 麻雀.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 麻雀.
Directly before
- 瞄准麻雀1
- 玩麻雀1
- 只麻雀1
Directly after
- 麻雀的2
- 麻雀正在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 麻雀
What does 麻雀 mean in Chinese?
麻雀 (máquè) means sparrow.
How do you pronounce 麻雀?
麻雀 is pronounced máquè.
Is 麻雀 an HSK word?
麻雀 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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