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九头鸟

jiǔ tóu niǎodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
legendary bird with nine heads (old) / cunning or sly person
Sources & editorial notes

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.

Source record: cd-521ac890688b85f6. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

九頭鳥 九头鸟 [jiu3 tou2 niao3] /legendary bird with nine heads (old)/cunning or sly person/

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Reference information

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Character information

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Other forms in these source records: 九頭鳥

  • 九
    jiǔ

    nine / 9

  • 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

  • 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

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.