普 通 楼 燕

pǔ tōng lóu yàndictionary entry

(bird species of China) common swift (Apus apus)

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Original source entry:

普通樓燕普通楼燕 [pu3 tong1 lou2 yan4] /(bird species of China) common swift (Apus apus)/

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Other forms in these source records: 普通樓燕

普
pǔ
general / popular / everywhere / universal
通
tōng
to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
tòng
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
楼
lóu
house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL:層|层[céng],座[zuò],棟|栋[dòng]
Lóu
surname Lou
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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