鸟

鸟 niǎo in a sentence

Bird

Full dictionary entry HSK 3 25 sentences

鸟 (niǎo) means Bird. Below are 24 of the 25 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

树上有两只 鸟 。

Shù shàng yǒu liǎng zhī niǎo.

There are two birds in the tree.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 鸟

早上能听见 鸟 的声音。

Zǎoshang néng tīngjiàn niǎo de shēngyīn.

In the morning you can hear birdsong.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 鸟

鸟 在树上唱歌。

Niǎo zài shù shàng chànggē.

Birds are singing in the tree.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 树

树上有一只 鸟 。

Shù shàng yǒu yì zhī niǎo.

There is a bird in the tree.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 只

天上飞过一群 鸟 。

Tiān shàng fēi guò yì qún niǎo.

A flock of birds flew past overhead.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 群

树上有一个 鸟 窝。

Shù shang yǒu yí ge niǎo wō.

There is a bird's nest in the tree.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 窝

树梢上停着一只 鸟 。

Shù shāo shang tíngzhe yì zhī niǎo.

A bird is perched on the tip of the branch.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 梢

这只 鸟 的翅膀受伤了。

Zhè zhī niǎo de chìbǎng shòushāng le.

This bird's wing is injured.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 翅膀

小 鸟 张开翅膀飞走了。

Xiǎo niǎo zhāng kāi chìbǎng fēi zǒu le.

The little bird spread its wings and flew away.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 翅膀

他仔细观察着这只 鸟 。

Tā zǐxì guānchá zhe zhè zhī niǎo.

He is watching this bird closely.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 观察

这种 鸟 有明显的特征。

Zhè zhǒng niǎo yǒu míngxiǎn de tèzhēng.

This kind of bird has obvious distinguishing features.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 特征

鸟 儿展开双翼飞走了。

Niǎo'ér zhǎnkāi shuāng yì fēi zǒu le.

The bird spread its wings and flew away.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 翼

鸟 儿站在树枝上唱歌。

Niǎo'ér zhàn zài shùzhī shang chànggē.

The bird stood on the branch and sang.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 枝

一群白 鸟 在湖面上飞翔。

Yì qún bái niǎo zài húmiàn shang fēixiáng.

A flock of white birds soared over the lake.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 飞翔

这种 鸟 在本地十分罕见。

Zhè zhǒng niǎo zài běndì shífēn hǎnjiàn.

This bird is extremely rare in this area.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 罕见

鸟 儿在树林里寻觅食物。

Niǎo'ér zài shùlín lǐ xúnmì shíwù.

The birds search for food in the wood.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 寻觅

她每天早上喂院子里的 鸟 。

Tā měi tiān zǎoshang wèi yuànzi lǐ de niǎo.

She feeds the birds in the yard every morning.

Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 喂

这种 鸟 的雌雄很容易分辨。

Zhè zhǒng niǎo de cíxióng hěn róngyì fēnbiàn.

The male and female of this bird are easy to tell apart.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 雌雄

这种 鸟 每年春天繁殖一次。

Zhè zhǒng niǎo měi nián chūntiān fánzhí yí cì.

This bird breeds once a year in spring.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 繁殖

他梦想像 鸟 一样自由飞翔。

Tā mèngxiǎng xiàng niǎo yíyàng zìyóu fēixiáng.

He dreams of flying free like a bird.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 飞翔

这种 鸟 每年秋天向南迁徙。

Zhè zhǒng niǎo měi nián qiūtiān xiàng nán qiānxǐ.

This bird migrates south every autumn.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 迁徙

这片沼泽是候 鸟 的栖息地。

Zhè piàn zhǎozé shì hòuniǎo de qīxī dì.

This marsh is a habitat for migratory birds.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 沼泽

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From the graded readers

早上 鸟 叫的时候,我就起床了。

zǎoshang niǎo jiào de / dì shíhou, wǒ jiù qǐchuáng le / liǎo / liào.

When the birds start in the morning, I get up.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room

窗户外边有一棵树,上边常常有 鸟 。

chuāng hùwài biān yǒu yī kē shù, shàng biān chángcháng yǒu niǎo.

Outside the window there's a tree, and there are often birds in it.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room

鸟 appears in 25 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.

Questions about 鸟

How is 鸟 used in a sentence?

This page shows 25 sentences using 鸟 (niǎo, "Bird"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 鸟 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 鸟 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 鸟 an HSK word?

Yes — 鸟 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 鸟?

The dictionary page for 鸟 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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