bān tóu dà cuì niǎodictionary entry
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(bird species of China) Blyth's kingfisher (Alcedo hercules)
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Original source entry:

斑頭大翠鳥 斑头大翠鸟 [ban1 tou2 da4 cui4 niao3] /(bird species of China) Blyth's kingfisher (Alcedo hercules)/

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View the individual characters. Their meanings do not necessarily explain the meaning of the whole word.

Other forms in these source records: 斑頭大翠鳥

  • 斑
    bān

    spot / colored patch / stripe / spotted / striped / variegated

  • 头
    tóu

    head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[gè]

    tou

    suffix for nouns

  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 翠
    cuì

    bluish-green / green jade

  • 鸟
    diǎo

    penis

    niǎo

    bird / CL:隻|只[zhī],群[qún] / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn

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