Chinese Word Entry

鳥巢

Simplified Chinese form: 鸟巢

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄠˊ
Mandarin (Pinyin): niǎo cháo
Cantonese (Jyutping): niu5 caau4
Definitions:
  1. bird's nest

  2. nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium


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Chinese characters used in this word

bird, chicken, Kangxi radical 196
Readings
Mandarin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ (niǎo), ㄉㄧㄠˇ (diǎo), ㄉㄠˇ (dǎo), ㄑㄩㄝˋ (què)
Cantonese: niu5
Japanese: チョウ (chou) / とり (tori)
Korean: 조 (jo)
Vietnamese: điểu
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:
Semantic variant form:

nest, living quarter in tree
Readings
Mandarin: ㄔㄠˊ (cháo), ㄔㄠˋ (chào)
Cantonese: caau4
Japanese: ソウ (sou) / す (su)、 す.くう (sukuu)
Korean: 소 (so)
Vietnamese: sào
Variants
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