鹰 (yīng): eagle
鹰 (yīng) is a Chinese character meaning “eagle.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 广 (structural), 倠 (structural) and 鸟 (semantic). It ranks #1903 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 鹰 bird. Its radical form 鸟 (bird) appears in many related characters such as 鸡 (jī, chicken), 鸟 (niǎo, bird), 鸭 (yā, duck).
Definitions
- eagle
Etymology & Origin
pictophoneticbird
Decomposition: ⿸⿸广倠鸟 (layout: surround-from-upper-left)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老鹰noun | lǎo yīng | (coll.) eagle |
| 猫头鹰noun | māo tóu yīng | owl |
| 猎鹰noun | liè yīng | falcon |
| 秃鹰noun | tū yīng | vulture |
| 黑鹰 | hēi yīng | Black Hawk (helicoper) |
| 夜鹰noun | yè yīng | nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae) |
| 雄鹰noun | xióng yīng | male eagle |
| 飞鹰 | fēi yīng | eagle |
| 苍鹰noun | cāng yīng | (bird species of China) Eurasian goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) |
| 白头鹰noun | bái tóu yīng | bald eagle |
| 天鹰座proper-noun | tiān yīng zuò | Aquila (constellation) |
| 鱼鹰noun | yú yīng | name used for many fishing birds |
| 鹰犬noun | yīng quǎn | hawks and hounds |
| 鹰手营子 | yīng shǒu yíng zi | see 鷹手營子礦區|鹰手营子矿区 |
| 鹰击长空phrase | yīng jī cháng kōng | the eagle soars in the sky (citation from Mao Zedong) |
鹰 appears in 58 compound words: 31 as the first character, 55 as the last, and 14 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 鹰 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
老鹰在天空中盘旋，寻找猎物。
Lǎoyīng zài tiānkōng zhōng pánxuán, xúnzhǎo lièwù.
The eagle is circling in the sky, looking for prey.
经典赛》盼张峻玮成为软银鹰主力 小久保监督注意到陈杰宪
jīng diǎn sài pàn zhāng jùn 玮 chéng wéi ruǎn yín yīng zhǔ lì xiǎo jiǔ bǎo jiān dū zhù yì dào chén jié xiàn
Classic" hopes that Zhang Junwei will become the main force of the SoftBank Eagles Supervisor Kokubo noticed Chen Jiexian
圆梦!王贞治赠福冈软银鹰外套 赖清德兴奋喊:把我签下来?
yuán mèng ! wáng zhēn zhì zèng fú gāng ruǎn yín yīng wài tào lài qīng dé xīng fèn hǎn bǎ wǒ qiān xià lái ?
Dream come true! Wang Zhenzhi gave Fukuoka SoftBank Eagle jacket Lai Qingde shouted excitedly: Sign me down?
王贞治赠福冈软银鹰外套 赖总统笑:是不是要把我签下来?
wáng zhēn zhì zèng fú gāng ruǎn yín yīng wài tào lài zǒng tǒng xiào : shì bù shì yāo bǎ wǒ qiān xià lái ?
Wang Sadaharu gave Fukuoka SoftBank Eagle jacket President Lai smiled: Are you going to sign me off?
鹰君集团(00041)派特别股息,每持15...
yīng jūn jí tuán ( 0 0 0 4 1 ) pài tè bié gǔ xī , měi chí 1 5 . . .
Great Eagle Group (00041) pays a special dividend, for every 15...
新冬能·场外音丨陆玮鑫:冬奥会需引入“鹰眼挑战”系..
xīn dōng néng chǎng wài yīn 丨 lù 玮 鑫 dōng ào huì xū yǐn rù yīng yǎn tiāo zhàn xì . .
New Winter Energy | Off-the-Record Commentary: Lu Weixin: Winter Olympics Need to Introduce "Hawk-Eye Challenge" System...
老鹰不会去抓苍蝇。
Lǎoyīng bù huì qù zhuā cāngying.
The eagle does not catch flies.
鹰的一只翅膀断了。
Yīng de yī zhī chìbǎng duàn le.
One of the hawk's wings is broken.
鹰鸮和仓鸮有什么区别？
Yīngxiāo hé cāngxiāo yǒu shénme qūbié?
What's the difference between an eagle-owl and a barn owl?
那只鸟的体积有半只老鹰那么大。
Nà zhǐ niǎo de tǐjī yǒu bàn zhǐ lǎoyīng nàme dà.
The bird was half the size of a hawk.
Character Family
鸟 Radical Family — Characters sharing the bird radical
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