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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 候鸟

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
候鸟 hòu niǎo - migratory bird

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 36,217 - -

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
hòu- to wait
- to inquire after
- to watch
- season
- climate
- (old) period of five days
diǎo- variant of 屌[diao3]
- penis
niǎo- bird
- CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]
- "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196)
- (dialect) to pay attention to
- (intensifier) damned
- goddamn

Other Words Containing 候鸟

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
候鸟 - - 36,217 - -