鹅 (é): goose
鹅 (é) is a Chinese character meaning “goose.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 我 (phonetic) and 鸟 (semantic). It ranks #2124 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 鹅 bird. Its radical form 鸟 (bird) appears in many related characters such as 鸡 (jī, chicken), 鸟 (niǎo, bird), 鸭 (yā, duck).
Definitions
- goose
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 企鹅noun | qǐ é | penguin |
| 天鹅noun | tiān é | swan |
| 天鹅绒noun | tiān é róng | velvet |
| 鹅卵石noun | é luǎn shí | pebble |
| 天鹅湖 | tiān é hú | Swan Lake |
| 鹅毛noun | é máo | goose feather |
| 鹅绒 | é róng | goose down |
| 大天鹅 | dà tiān é | (bird species of China) whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) |
| 小天鹅noun | xiǎo tiān é | (bird species of China) tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus) |
| 鹅毛大雪noun | é máo dà xuě | goose feather snow (idiom) |
| 黑天鹅事件 | hēi tiān é shì jiàn | black swan event |
| 礼轻人意重，千里送鹅毛 | lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng , qiān lǐ sòng é máo | goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom) |
| 千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重 | qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng | goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom) |
| 千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重 | qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng | goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom) |
| 千里送鹅毛phrase | qiān lǐ sòng é máo | goose feather sent from afar (idiom) |
鹅 appears in 35 compound words: 37 as the first character, 31 as the last, and 31 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 鹅 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
大白鹅在水里游来游去，看起来很悠闲。
Dà bái é zài shuǐ lǐ yóu lái yóu qù, kàn qǐlái hěn yōuxián.
The big white goose swims back and forth in the water, looking very leisurely.
...国5万亿美元企业债与养老金危机或成“黑天鹅”,黄金年底剑指6000美元
. . . guó 5 wàn yì měi yuán qǐ yè zhài yǔ yǎng lǎo jīn wēi jī huò chéng hēi tiān é , huáng jīn nián de jiàn zhǐ 6 0 0 0 měi yuán
...The U.S. $5 trillion corporate bond and pension crisis could become a "black swan" event, with gold targeting $6,000 by year-end
黑天鹅作者警告软体业恐爆发破产事件 一篇末日报...
hēi tiān é zuò zhě jǐng gào ruǎn tǐ yè kǒng bào fā pò chǎn shì jiàn yī piān mò rì bào . . .
Black swan author warns of bankruptcy in the software industry A doomsday news...
黑天鹅作者警告 软业行业加剧波动 或陷破产之险
hēi tiān é zuò zhě jǐng gào ruǎn yè háng yè jiā jù bō dòng huò xiàn pò chǎn zhī xiǎn
Black swan authors warn that the soft industry industry may be at risk of bankruptcy due to increased volatility
鲤鱼潭天鹅船翻覆9岁童溺毙!傅崐萁:花东出意外 中...
鲤 yú tán tiān é chuán fān fù suì tóng 溺 bì ! fù 崐 萁 huā dōng chū yì wài zhōng . . .
Capsized Swan Boat at Liyutan Lake Claims Life of 9-Year-Old! Fu Kun-chi: Accidents Occur in Hualien and Taitung...
“涨价”策略失灵叠加“黑天鹅”事件,雀巢忙“瘦身”自救
zhǎng jià cè lüè shī líng dié jiā hēi tiān é shì jiàn , qiāo cháo máng shòu shēn zì jiù
"Price increase" strategy fails to superimpose "black swan" event, Nestle busy "slimming" self-help
鹅是一种水栖鸟类。
é shì yīzhǒng shuǐqī niǎolèi.
The goose is a waterfowl.
她捡起了一块鹅卵石。
Tā jiǎn qǐ le yīkuài éluǎnshí.
She stooped to pick up a pebble.
这只企鹅宝宝太可爱了！
Zhè zhǐ qǐ'é bǎobǎo tài kě'ài le!
This baby penguin is too cute!
这只天鹅是黑色的。
Zhè zhǐ tiān'é shì hēisè de.
This swan is black.
Character Family
鸟 Radical Family — Characters sharing the bird radical
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