黑 叉 尾 海 燕

hēi chā wěi hǎi yàndictionary entry

(bird species of China) Swinhoe's storm petrel (Hydrobates monorhis)

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Original source entry:

黑叉尾海燕 黑叉尾海燕 [hei1 cha1 wei3 hai3 yan4] /(bird species of China) Swinhoe's storm petrel (Hydrobates monorhis)/

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黑
hēi
black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing)
Hēi
short name for Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hēi lóng jiāng]
叉
chā
fork / pitchfork / prong / pick / cross / intersect / "X"
chá
to cross / be stuck
chǎ
to diverge / to open (as legs)
chà
used in 劈叉[pǐ chà] / used in 分叉[fēn chà]
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
海
hǎi
ocean / sea / CL:個|个[gè],片[piàn] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous
Hǎi
surname Hai
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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