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白喉针尾雨燕

bái hóu zhēn wěi yǔ yàndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(bird species of China) white-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

白喉針尾雨燕 白喉针尾雨燕 [bai2 hou2 zhen1 wei3 yu3 yan4] /(bird species of China) white-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)/

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Other forms in these source records: 白喉針尾雨燕

  • 白
    bái

    white / in vain / free of charge / (bound form) (of facts, the truth, a situation) clear; evident (e.g. 真相大白[zhēn xiàng dà bái]) / (bound form) plain; without additions (e.g. 白飯|白饭[bái fàn]) / (bound form) to explain; to state (e.g. 辯白|辩白[biàn bái]) / (bound form) to give a disdainful look (e.g. 白了他一眼[bái le tā yī yǎn]) / (bound form) vernacular (e.g. 白話|白话[bái huà]) / (bound form) spoken lines in opera (e.g. 念白[niàn bái]) / (bound form) reactionary; anti-communist (e.g. 白區|白区[bái qū])

    Bái

    surname Bai / Bai ethnic group

  • 喉
    hóu

    throat / larynx

  • 针
    zhēn

    needle / pin / injection / stitch / CL:根[gēn],支[zhī] / variant of 針|针[zhēn], needle

  • 尾
    wěi

    tail / remainder / remnant / extremity / sixth of the 28 constellations / classifier for fish

    yǐ

    horse's tail / pointed posterior section of a locust etc

  • 雨
    yù

    (literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet

  • 燕
    yàn

    swallow (family Hirundinidae)

    Yān

    Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qián Yān] (337–370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hòu Yān] (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nán Yān] (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕[Běi Yān] (409–436) / surname Yan

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