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西方秧鸡

xī fāng yāng jīdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(bird species of China) water rail (Rallus aquaticus)
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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.

Source record: cd-f07bba18e8f5cc25. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

西方秧雞 西方秧鸡 [xi1 fang1 yang1 ji1] /(bird species of China) water rail (Rallus aquaticus)/

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Other forms in these source records: 西方秧雞

  • 西
    xī

    west

    Xī

    the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xī bān yá] / Spanish

  • 方
    fāng

    square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter

    Fāng

    surname Fang

  • 秧
    yāng

    sapling / seedling / sprout / (esp.) rice seedling / stem / stalk / vine / baby livestock / fry / (dialect) to raise / to cultivate (plants or animals)

  • 鸡
    jī

    fowl / chicken / CL:隻|只[zhī] / (slang) prostitute

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